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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:04 PM Feb 2013

PHOTOS: 35,000 Protesters Demand Immediate Climate Action At ‘Largest Climate Rally In U.S. History’

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PHOTOS: 35,000 Protesters Demand Immediate Climate Action At ‘Largest Climate Rally In U.S. History’

By Rebecca Leber



On Sunday, an estimated crowd of 35,000 people joined the Forward On Climate rally in Washington, DC, where protesters delivered a clear message to President Obama: Take immediate action on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Organizers of the rally described as the “largest in U.S. history” also called on the president to issue overdue Clean Air Act standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants.

At the rally, 350.org President Bill McKibben said the “easiest, simplest, purest action” Obama could take on the climate is to reject”this long fuse to one of the biggest carbon bombs on earth,” the Keystone XL pipeline.

View more photos from today’s rally:

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/02/17/1605541/forward-on-climate-rally/

Wow!

Updated to add:

Forward on Climate - Chicago Represents (Photo Diary)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/17/1187858/-Forward-on-Climate-Chicago-Represents-Photo-Diary

Forward on Climate - Seattle - Photo Diary
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/17/1187859/-Forward-on-Climate-Seattle-Photo-Diary


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PHOTOS: 35,000 Protesters Demand Immediate Climate Action At ‘Largest Climate Rally In U.S. History’ (Original Post) ProSense Feb 2013 OP
I hope this raises awareness. Thanks for posting. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #1
It'd be nice, but I doubt it nxylas Feb 2013 #31
It is good that they have specific demand. Blanks Feb 2013 #2
Good point. Although I won't be surprised if FoxNoise still asks, "What is it they want?" Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2013 #3
That's a given. eom Blanks Feb 2013 #4
Fux Noise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2013 #21
According to the latest posts on FB, the estimate is nearer to 50,000 n/t deutsey Feb 2013 #5
350.org's livestream in D.C.: Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #6
Los Angeles rally livestream: Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #7
more useful for humanity than playing golf with tiger woods I would say nt msongs Feb 2013 #8
And of course there is hardly any news coverage. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #9
A dozen Tea-Party morans would've been a major story. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #10
"Would've been"? Nope. WAS. Robb Feb 2013 #15
We had hundreds of thousands in the streets before the Iraq war. Webster Green Feb 2013 #14
k&r... spanone Feb 2013 #11
What a beautiful sight Samantha Feb 2013 #12
Updated OP. n/t ProSense Feb 2013 #13
Just got back from the DC rally. grntuscarora Feb 2013 #16
Very cool. This gives me hope. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #17
I don't think it would sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #18
Probably more like hundreds of thousands, I'd wager. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #22
K&R redqueen Feb 2013 #19
Gives us hope, a few hundred in Denver mountain grammy Feb 2013 #20
Hopefully the President will kill this pipeline for it is quintessentially indepat Feb 2013 #23
God Bless These People onlyadream Feb 2013 #24
Yay! limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #25
Kick for visibility. Quantess Feb 2013 #26
Falling on deaf ears in DC, if past is any indication of future. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #27
Thanks ProSense! freshwest Feb 2013 #28
President Obama already got the message awhile ago, but will be fighting an uphill battle. DBlazi Feb 2013 #29
Nice first post. PotatoChip Feb 2013 #30

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
31. It'd be nice, but I doubt it
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 10:05 AM
Feb 2013

Anyone who hasn't get the message on climate change by this point is living in denial, refusing to believe anything not approved by the Tea Party cult's supreme leaders.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
2. It is good that they have specific demand.
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:31 PM
Feb 2013

Start here: reject the Keystone pipeline.

When we have that accomplished; we will have a new, very specific, demand.

That's how it needs to be done. IMHO

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,034 posts)
21. Fux Noise
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 04:55 PM
Feb 2013

Intellectual stimuli for the stupid. Or better yet trying to make the stupid feel like they're smart.

Webster Green

(13,905 posts)
14. We had hundreds of thousands in the streets before the Iraq war.
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 10:40 PM
Feb 2013

It made no difference at all.

That's what happens when the same folks who build the weapons also happen to own the TeeVee and radio stations.

The minimal coverage (when given) always underestimates the crowd size and/or otherwise marginalizes the event.

Unless it's dumb-ass teabaggers, of course. (as someone else noted).

grntuscarora

(1,249 posts)
16. Just got back from the DC rally.
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 11:18 PM
Feb 2013

I'm still kind of floating. It was a great experience. So many determined people, so many creative signs and costumes. As we stood in front of the White House, my daughter asked me, "Do you think he's looking out the window?" All I could say was, "I sure hope so."

My laugh of the day was the marcher dressed as Santa Claus holding a sign that read "Coal is naughty. I'm pro snow."

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
18. I don't think it would
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:00 PM
Feb 2013

be an exaggeration to suggest that every demonstrator at that rally represented the sentiments of tens of thousands who were not there.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
23. Hopefully the President will kill this pipeline for it is quintessentially
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:49 PM
Feb 2013

a Koch brothers wet dream that will do untold damage to the environment, solely for the enrichment of a very few, and to his legacy: it would be, imo, a sellout to right-wing interests to the everlasting damage to the country, we the people, and to promotion of the general welfare.

onlyadream

(2,166 posts)
24. God Bless These People
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 07:18 PM
Feb 2013

especially on a cold February day!
Last night I saw the movie 'Age of Stupid' and I couldn't sleep all night. It's horrible what's coming our way.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
25. Yay!
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 08:09 PM
Feb 2013

I went to DC and got back late last night. It was much bigger than I was expecting. Everybody was positive and friendly toward the President. We're "helping him do the right thing". Not sure if I just drank the kool aid or what, but I don't think he's going to approve this pipeline. He'll do the right thing.

DBlazi

(1 post)
29. President Obama already got the message awhile ago, but will be fighting an uphill battle.
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 09:46 AM
Feb 2013

I'm glad so many are making their voices known, but the real battle needs to be in the congress, where the intrenched Right Wing will pass this legislation regardless of how many protest. In 2014 everyone who is capable needs to support their Left leaning politician with every spare moment they have. Your volunteer time if it can be given will be more important than your money.

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