Rachel Young's blog

Bonner and Associates pissed us off, so a few of us at the Action Factory, a group of young climate activists living and working in DC, took our clothes off in the rain to demonstrate the NAKED FRAUD of this astroturf lobbying firm.

Guest blogger Becca Green from the Avaaz Action Factory

Barack Obama's committment to attending Copenhagen is curicial for the United States to show that we are going to be leaders on this issue. It is our fault that the small island states are going to be under water in the next 10 years. It is our fault that thousands in India are dieing of heat stroke. It is our fault that the weather in the United States so father out of wack than we have ever seen before.

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This morning, half a dozen youth in strongmen costumes showed up to pump iron and flex their climate bill “muscles” in Dirksen 406. Why? Because the first post-ACES Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on climate legislation took place there at 10 am today.

I was surprised to see such a clever ploy espousing that Congress must pass a stronger climate bill than the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday, June 26th.

All the climate buzz this week has been about the now notorious ACES bill that comes to a floor vote in the US House of Representatives today. But anyone who wants real action on climate change must remember the ultimate prize – the UN treaty to be negotiated in Copenhagen this December.