With climate change on their minds, hundreds of activists from across a wide coalition of 90 groups, led by Tar Sands Action Southern California and Sierra Club, will march on Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock in downtown Los Angeles in the “Forward on Climate” rally.
The Los Angeles rally will coincide with thousands of protesters converging on Washington D.C. in the largest climate change rally in history, led by 350.org and the Sierra Club.
Elected officials and community leaders will call on President Obama to take strong action on the climate crisis and reject damaging projects such as the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.
Convening at Olvera St./Paseo de la Plaza, what may be the largest rally of protestors in the city’s history will advance to City Hall.
This is the first time such a wide array of environmental, humanitarian, religious, political, labor, civil rights, and community organizations have come together in Los Angeles to demand action on climate change.
Actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. will lead the rally in Los Angeles and will be joined by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Westside/South Bay) and Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, among others.
Crippling drought, devastating wildfires, and super-storm Sandy have brought climate change home, and demonstrators in the Los Angeles region will send a message to the President and Congress that the time to act is now. Only strong measures will preserve California’s water supply, coasts, and forests for future generations. The rally will call for immediate action. The time has come for a renewable energy future that breaks the addiction to dirty and dangerous fuels like coal, natural gas, nuclear and tar sands oil.
Mr. Mata of the Sierra Club may be contacted at refugio.mata@sierraclub.org
Jack Eidt of Tar Sands Action Southern California may be contacted at
jack.eidt@wilderutopia.com
