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Monday August 25, 2014 · 10:22 AM PDT

2014/08/25 · 10:22

I came to fear climate change--and then to be inspired to work on minimizing its horrible impacts--after Katrina. It was still the early days of the internet as we now know it, and I remember watching the terrible images of devastation stream in one after another. People were in desperate need of help and they weren't being served by a government that was either unable or unwilling to respond.

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Tuesday May 20, 2014 · 4:34 PM PDT

2014/05/20 · 16:34

They say all politics is local. The loosening of campaign finance laws may have altered this a smidge, but I think the maxim still holds mostly true. Consider the fracking fight, where the adoption of county-level bans could send a strong message to Sacramento that the expansion of fracking in California doesn’t enjoy popular support. This in turn could lead to a ban if things break the right way.

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Saturday January 26, 2013 · 5:18 PM PST

2013/01/26 · 17:18

Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have made a bombproof environmental case against the project. There is a lot of conjecture about KXL, but facts are facts. Keystone XL is an export pipeline; it will increase global warming emissions; and it will benefit giant oil and gas companies that already have a vice-like grip on our political system.

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Monday August 20, 2012 · 10:00 AM PDT

2012/08/20 · 10:00

If you happen to land on Mitt Romney’s website, just try to check out his policy positions on climate change. I don't want to ruin the surprise for you, but you won't find much. In fact, you won't find anything. He never mentions it at all.

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Wednesday August 11, 2010 · 2:25 PM PDT

2010/08/11 · 14:25

With each passing day, the images of devastation from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico demonstrate the incredible price we are paying for our addiction to fossil fuels. The reality that the wealthiest nation on earth was for months powerless to stop the gusher must be seen as evidence that world needs a commitment to ending the global dependency on fossil fuels.

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 1:57 PM PST

2009/02/26 · 13:57

Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid released a letter asking the Capitol Architect to switch the Capitol Power Plant from coal to 100 percent natural gas by the end of 2009. Pelosi and Reid’s call comes just three days before more than 2,500 people from across the country are coming to converge at the power plant for the biggest civil disobedience on climate issues in U.S. history. Prior to the announcement of the Capitol Climate Action, pro-coal legislators had been able to prevent the switch from coal to natural gas.

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 9:16 AM PST

2009/02/18 · 09:16

Dr. James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, is calling on Americans to join him on March 2nd at the Capitol Power Plant in the largest display of civil disobedience in U.S. history to demand national action on global warming. Check out his video. It pretty much says it all:

A Call to Action on Global Warming from Dr. James Hansen from Greenpeace USA on Vimeo.

Susan Sarandon Video Supports Capitol Climate Action in Washington, DC.

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Thursday February 12, 2009 · 1:43 PM PST

2009/02/12 · 13:43

In a new video, Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon evokes the sacrifices of Ghandi and Martin Luther King in calling on Americans to join the Capitol Climate Action, the country’s largest show of civil disobedience about global warming in history, at the Capitol Power Plant on March 2nd 2009.

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Tuesday February 03, 2009 · 5:06 PM PST

2009/02/03 · 17:06

As Congress continues to sputter on solutions for the climate crisis, a national coalition of more than 40 environmental, public health, labor, social justice, faith-based and other advocacy groups have announced plans to engage in civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant in Washington D.C. on the afternoon of March 2, 2009.

The event, known as the Capitol Climate Action (CCA), will be the largest mass mobilization on global warming in the country's history. The event reflects the growing public demand for bold action to address the climate and energy crises. It means no more waiting, no more excuses, and no more coal.

Over 1,000 people have already RSVP'd, including Dr. James Hansen, environmental leader and 350.org founder Bill McKibben, and author Wendell Berry. In the event's press release, Hansen, whose efforts to inform the public about the dangers of global warming were stifled by the Bush administration, said the time for action is now.

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