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February 21, 2013

Expanding the "Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet"

Frances Beinecke, HuffPost


Huffington Post

More than 35,000 people gathered in Washington DC on Sunday to urge President Obama to confront climate change. Farmers, religious leaders, scientists, union workers, students, and more came together because we can't afford to wait any longer. Climate change is already threatening our communities with extreme weather and costly damages. The time to act is now.

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TAGGED: climate change, President Obama, keystone pipeline, keystone pipeline protests

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