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Winning on KXL: Yesterday in DC, and Looking Forward

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Posted by Anonymous - 11/19/12, 11:49am

Yesterday, we brought the Keystone XL fight back to Washington.

After the Do the Math event wrapped up in Warner Theater, three thousand people gathered in Freedom Plaza, hoisted a giant inflatable pipeline over their heads, and marched around the White House. They chanted "Hey Obama, we don't want no climate drama," and "Michelle Obama, tell your man, stop that dirty pipeline plan!" (that one got a lot of love).

If President Obama is serious about tackling climate change in his second term, we're calling on him to reject Keystone XL once and for all.

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Yesterday's march and rally felt amazing. It was good to get back in the streets, and to once again make it clear: this pipeline is NOT a done deal, and Americans don't want it. We want clean, renewable energy, a stable climate, and a real future.

Yesterday's crowd was awesome: we were joined by people of all ages from across the country. A busload of college students came all the way from Michigan on short notice. This guy rode all the way from New York in 36 hours. Speakers included Bill McKibben, Sierra Club President Allison Chin, Indigenous Environmental Network organizer Marty Cobenais, Gulf Coast activist Cherri Foytlin, and others. Everybody was fired up for this fight, including thousands of people who couldn't be there in person but joined us via livestream.

And people are taking notice. On Friday, Big Oil's senators sent a letter to Obama urging approval of the pipeline and citing "concerns" about demonstrators.

But we know yesterday's action won't be enough to win this fight. So we used this action to announce another one: next President's Day, February 18, 2013, we'll be back. This time, let's make it 20,000. Will you join us next Februrary and help give Big Oil something to really be concerned about?

 
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72% of Harvard Students Vote to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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Posted by Jamie Henn - 11/19/12, 8:38am

We wanted to share some exciting news out of Harvard! 

Harvard Students Vote to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment
First School in Nation to Pass Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Referendum

Cambridge, MA—Last Friday night, the Harvard College Undergraduate Council announced that the student body had voted 72% in favor of Harvard University divesting its $30.7 billion endowment from fossil fuels.

Members of the Harvard chapter of Students for a Just and Stable Future have been campaigning since September to divest Harvard’s endowment from the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel corporations that own the majority of the world’s oil, coal, and gas reserves. 

Chloe Maxmin, a co-coordinator for Divest Harvard, said that the election results show unprecedented student voice around divestment: “In 1990, 52% of voting students supported complete divestment from apartheid South Africa. Today 72% of voting students are raising their voices for fossil divestment, telling Harvard to stop investing in companies that are threatening our future.”

Divest Harvard was the first student group in six years to successfully qualify a referendum question for Harvard student government elections, gaining hundreds of signatures beyond the 670 (10% of the undergraduate student body) necessary for qualification. The passage of the referendum makes fossil fuel divestment the official position of the Harvard College Undergraduate Council.

 
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A message from Bill: Join us in DC tomorrow if you can!

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Posted by Allyse Heartwell - 11/18/12, 1:59am

Tonight the Do the Math crew wrapped up yet another awesome show in Philadelphia. Tomorrow they head to Washington DC for another tour stop—but this time with a special add-on: after the DC show wraps up, we'll get on our feet, hit the streets, and raise our voices against Keystone XL.

This will be the biggest demonstration since President Obama was elected for a second term. The President needs to know that we're still here, and that we will still hold him to the promises he made way back in 2008. If he's serious about tackling climate change, President Obama needs to reject Keystone XL once and for all. He has the power to stop this dangerous pipeline with his pen, but he won't unless we make a lot of noise.

If you can join us in DC tomorrow, please do: 350.org/Nov18

But for the many who can't make it, please join us in spirit and online: 350.org/KXL. Sign the pledge and watch a livestream of the DC event, starting at 1:00 PM EST.

Here's a short message that Bill shot tonight backstage in Philadelphia:

 
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300 miles in 36 hours -- to fight climate change and Keystone XL

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Posted by Anonymous - 11/17/12, 1:00pm

This is a letter written by our friend Charles Scott, who is cycling from NYC to Wahington DC right now. Thanks, Charles! You're amazing. Joi

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