On today, October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) organizations and individuals are hitting the streets to participate in events centering around finding ways to combat climate change. As hard as activists fight to make to move the country in a sustainable direction, companies who place profits over protecting the environment fight back with well funded campaigns to bury facts and spread misinformation.
Currently California's California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (A.B. 32) is the country leading legislation for clean energy. It was passed with the support of activist and politicians across party lines. Now oil companies are backing a ludicrous proposition (Prop 23) that will stall the 2006 initiative so that their dirty profits will continue. Ellen Page, Robert Wisdom and I will be joining Sierra Club, Greenpeace, 350.org and many other organizations and individuals for the "Rally to Kick Coal and Oil out of Los Angeles." Groups will begin gathering at 11:30 and the rally begins at 12:30 between Spring and Main streets on the south lawn of City Hall. This rally is in connection with the Ciclavia event, so streets will be blocked. Be green and ride the Metro there like I am doing!
By the way, to read New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's article on California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's justified battle with big oil, Click Here.
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