Join the vigil for the planet
by digby
This is happening tonight. You can click here to see where your local vigil is being held:
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to send the message to President Obama that Keystone XL fails his climate test and he must reject it. On the evening of Monday, February 3rd, we’ll come together around the country to make our voices heard. RSVP for an event near you or host your own.
The No KXL protest vigils are organized by CREDO, Rainforest Action Network, and the Sierra Club, and supported by 350.org, The Other 98%, Center for Biological Diversity, Oil Change International, Bold Nebraska, Energy Action Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Hip Hop Caucus, Overpass Light Brigade, Environmental Action, League of Conservation Voters, Waterkeeper Alliance, Friends of the Earth, Forest Ethics, Forecast the Facts, and others.
President Obama is now beyond electoral politics and is looking to build his legacy. He seems to have realized that his preferred legacy of being a transformational "transpartisan" president who ushered in an era of consensus and good feeling didn't work out. Now he needs liberals. There is leverage. And this a defining issue.
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