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March 3, 2009

Climate Activists Block Gates to D.C. Coal Plant
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In Washington, D.C., more than 2,000 activists blocked the gates of a
coal-fired power plant on Capitol Hill Monday in what was described as
the largest display of civil disobedience on the climate crisis in US
history. Police made no arrests. Days before the protest, congressional
leaders said they want the Capitol Power Plant to drop coal and convert
to natural gas. Protesters at the plant on Monday included NASA
scientist James Hansen, the writer Wendell Berry and over 1,000 students
who had attended the Power Shift conference on climate change.



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