Thousands of people from around the country converged on Washington Sunday to deliver a clear and succinct message on climate change to President Obama and other political leaders in the nation’s capital: take action.
“Tens of thousands of Americans will show President Obama the broad public support for climate solutions,” said Sierra Club, one of the key organizers of the rally.
In addition, the coalition of more than 200 hundred environmental, social justice and progressive groups said they would challenge Obama to “to keep his commitment of making climate action a top priority during his second term.”
The president has several actions that he alone can take, they say, including rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and adopting a strong carbon rule to limit pollution from coal plants.
“The Keystone XL pipeline has put more people in the streets than any environmental issue in a generation,” said 350.org founder Bill McKibben.
“It’s time,” said McKibben, “for the president to live up to his rhetoric and say no to this climate disaster.”
