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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Pro-green activists turn up the heat on Congress

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March to impose tougher limits on coal power as energy

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  • The group of about 2,000 protesters say there is no such thing as clean coal and want Congress to seek alternative energies. Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times.
  • A small group of pro-coal advocates came out to the Capitol Power Plant to counter the national coalition demonstrating on Capitol Hill.  Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times
  • Thousands of protesters rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol on Monday to demand that President Obama and Congress pass bold climate and energy legislation this year that can dramatically reduce carbon emissions and create millions of green jobs. Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times
  • A national coalition of more than 90 environmental, public health, labor, social justice, faith-based and other advocacy groups marched from Garfield Park to the Capitol Power Plant in Southeast on Monday. The group of about 2,000 protesters said there is no such thing as clean coal and want Congress to seek alternative energies.
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By Lauren Whetzel and Elizabeth Hillgrove THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Thousands of demonstrators braved a late-winter snowstorm Monday to call attention to global warming and urge Congress to impose tougher limits on greenhouse gases.

The rally, sponsored by Capitol Climate Action, combined more than 90 climate activist groups from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, Canada and several other nations.

"I am here to send the message loud and clear to Congress that we need to stop using coal as our primary source of energy," said Lauren Glickman, a coordinator for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. The Takoma Park group brought 250 members to the rally.

Demonstrators began arriving Friday for a four-day environmental conference dubbed Powershift '09. Their summit ended Monday with the frigid rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol, followed by a march through snow and freezing winds to the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant on New Jersey Avenue Southeast. The plant provides energy to Congress and heats numerous buildings on Capitol Hill.

Environmentalists and some members of Congress are urging the power plant to switch to natural gas or alternative fuels. Several dozen counterprotesters, meanwhile, mounted a spirited defense of fossil fuels.

From Ireland to Puerto Rico, people from both sides of the coal debate came to the District to voice their concerns.

"We might be missing school, but this is more historic," said Lauren Howland, a University of New Hampshire student.

Erik Schneider and seven colleagues from Rainforest Action Network drove 700 miles in a van from Chicago to attend speeches, workshops and Monday's closing demonstration.

Mr. Schneider and other protesters called for creation of more green jobs and a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants. They also vowed to keep spreading the global-warming gospel.

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