Sanders to Trump and Koch Brothers: ‘Fossil Fuels’ Days Are Numbered’
On Jan. 31—the day after President Trump‘s State of the Union address which lauded “beautiful clean coal” and completely ignored climate change—environmental activists gathered in Washington, DC to launch a new campaign to combat fossil fuel development and drive forward a renewable energy revolution from the ground up.
“Fossil Free U.S.” is a grassroots strategy for passing local resolutions in cities and states nationwide that ban new fossil fuel projects. As a press release for the campaign stated, “Stopping Trump’s climate-wrecking plans won’t come from the beltway, but from communities everywhere fighting for justice from the ground up.”
350.org co-founder Bill McKibben said, “2017 was tough—we resisted, but we lost a lot of ground. 2018 we take that ground back, and we’ll do it with this Fossil Free campaign that helps unite progressive environmentalists to move us off oil and coal and gas and on to a world that works.”
The 350.org-hosted event was held at George Washington University and broadcast live to more than 300 watch parties around the country. It featured a number of prominent climate advocates, including Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
“Donald Trump spoke last night for over an hour. He talked about many things, but somehow he forgot to mention the words ‘climate change.’ What an outrage. But we should not be surprised, because Donald Trump―one of the great scientists of our time―has determined, after years and years of exhaustive study, that climate change is a hoax brought to us from China,” Sanders quipped to a cheering crowd.
Donald Trump spoke for over an hour last night on many issues, yet somehow he forgot to mention the words “climate… https://t.co/FSMV823DII
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) 1517447748.0
“But not only does he not talk…
