Democracy Now: Capitol Climate Action - Mass Civil Disobedience in D.C. Against Coal

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Capitol Climate Action: Mass Civil Disobedience in D.C. Against Use of Coal at Capitol Hill Power Plant

Over a thousand activists representing a broad alliance of civic groups are converging on Washington, D.C. today for the countrys largest mass civil disobedience against global warming. Dubbed the Capitol Climate Action, people are demonstrating against coal at the Capitol Hill Power Plant, which still uses coal to heat and cool several key buildings, including House and Senate offices, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and Union Station. We speak with two well-known environmentalists: Bill McKibben and Judy Bonds.


Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sONxt2SzI6w

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vatdpQozGoE

Power Shift '09: 12,000+ Students Attend Largest Youth Summit on Climate Change in US History

This weekend, an estimated 12,000 young people were at the D.C. Convention Center for Power Shift 09, the largest youth summit on climate change in history. College and high school students from all fifty states, all Canadian provinces, as well as a dozen countries, came together to discuss organizing for a clean energy revolution on the local and national levels. We hear some of their voices.

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