Astonishingly, even as our atmosphere just reached a C02 concentration of 400 ppm for the first time in human history, the President is reportedly more concerned with public opinion "dial tests" than showing the leadership needed to protect us.2 It's clear: It's up to the president to lead. And he may not act, unless we make him. To scale up the Pledge of Resistance, CREDO, Rainforest Action Network and the Other 98% are going big: We're holding weekend-long organizer trainings in 25 cities in late June and July, to train committed, every-day activists, to plan and organize peaceful, dignified civil disobedience actions where they live, just like the action yesterday in Chicago. If we have the resources, we can train activists to organize hundreds of actions across the country, and be ready to stage one of the biggest bursts of civil disobedience in modern American history when the State Department releases its Determination of National Interest on Keystone XL as expected this fall. The threat of massive civil disobedience can be a game-changer and convince President Obama that it's not worth caving to the oil industry and approving Keystone XL. But only if we can make it big enough to send a message that he and his advisers cannot ignore science. Thanks for helping escalate the fight to oppose Keystone XL. Becky Bond and Elijah Zarlin
1. "22 Arrested in New Wave of Resistance to Keystone XL Pipeline," In These Times, 6/17/13
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