by Debra Sweet Tuesday night we heard from Barack Obama that climate change demands immediate action, but the solution appears to also be the problem:
"The good news is, we can make meaningful progress on this issue while driving strong economic growth. I urge this Congress to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago."
Wednesday, 48 protesters were arrested [1] in front of the White House, including the executive director and president of the Sierra Club (right), ending their 120 year ban on civil disobedience as an organization. This was a warm-up to the weekend, as people gather in Chicago for a climate crisis conference [2] (I'll be speaking, and hope to see you there), and on Sunday in a mass march and rally in DC against the Keystone XL pipeline [3]:
World Can't Wait will have a "Humanity and the Planet Come First" contingent at the protest on Sunday February 17 in Washington, DC. Contact nyc@worldcantwait.org [4] if you'd like to attend with World Can't Wait.The World Can't Wait contingent will meet on the street side across from the Mall at the corner of 15th St. NW & Constitution Ave. NW. Contact us on Feb. 17 at 347-581-2677. For more information and bus tickets, go to forwardonclimate.org [5].
