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UPDATED: Photos and video from Power Shift and Capitol Climate Action

by Erik Hungerbuhler — last modified March-10-2009 12:33 PM
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TUESDAY UPDATE: Find media reports

-- Washington Times (with a quote from Louisville KFTC member Bob Bush)
-- Free Speech Radio News report on Power Shift conference
-- Alternet:  Thousands Storm Capitol Hill in Largest Protest Against Global Warming
-- The Courier-Journal: Protest targets U.S. Capitol's coal-fired plant
-- Time magazine online
-- Wiretap magazine
-- Journal entry by Aimee Zaring

MONDAY — Here are some photos of KFTC members' participation in this past weekend's Power Shift Conference and today's Capitol Climate Action. 

11 PM — Read a story in the Lexington Herald Leader.

1 PM —  They're providing updates on the Capitol Climate Action web site.  You can also follow live updates from on the ground via Twitter.

12 NOON — See this blog post update of what's happening in Washington by Jeff Biggers on the Huffington Post.

Live video from the Capitol Climate Action

 

 

 


James Douglas Noble of Hazard was interviewed at the Power Shift conference by Democracy Now, a daily TV/radio news program. His interview aired on the March 2 program, which you can find here.  Coverage of the Power Shift conference begins about 30 minutes into the program (you can scroll forward by clicking on time bar below the video image).

Awesome!

Posted by Beth at March-02-2009 04:07 PM
I am so incredibly jealous that I was not able to make it to Power Shift, but more than that, I am so proud and grateful to recognize so many of the faces in those pictures, to see so many Kentuckians, of all ages, standing up for what they believe in, what we all need: an energy economy that does not continue harming the land and the people. You all are amazing!

Awesome!

Posted by Leon Wood at March-02-2009 11:37 PM
The best way to stop mining is for landowners not to lease their property for coal mining.

Many thanks

Posted by Jerry Moody at March-02-2009 05:25 PM
Thank you all. Makes me proud to be from Kentucky

march on washington

Posted by howard owens at March-03-2009 01:55 AM
i hav no doubt that one day soon the paradise of the hills of areas now being ravaged will come to their full natural blossoming.it will come to being bye way of each and every one of u and ur feirce struggle to save those mountains for posterity.

Blown away

Posted by Lisa A at March-04-2009 11:07 AM
I was blown away by the power of this movement we are building. Kentuckians - students, coalfield residents, union members, grandparents and concerned citizens - are providing leadership to this movement, and we are being strengthened by it. These pictures are beautiful and so are each and every one of you.

Power Shift Conference

Posted by Janet Tucker at March-04-2009 11:10 AM
I also want go just give my thanks to all that went and represented KY. You all are great!

Power Shift and Capitol Climate Action

Posted by Cody Simpkins at March-07-2009 12:54 PM
I think we should have crossed the barricade. The word was going
around that there would be no arrests, but that was only because the
police had no reason to arrest. If we would have all crossed the
barricade and entered the power plant then the action would have been
complete. People where going around saying we had shut down the plant,
yet the steam was still rolling. I think we missed an opportunity to
go as far as we could with this event. If every one who had planed to
get arrested had crossed the line it would have been a powerful
display of resentence.

Capitol Climate Action

Posted by doug at March-07-2009 06:29 PM
We were blocking all the entrances to a federal government facility without a permit. The D.C. police could have made hundreds of arrests any time they chose. This civil disobedience action plan called for us to only block the entrances for the day. Discipline requires us to stick to the plan. Crossing the line would not have caused the coal boilers to be shut down. The prospect of thousands of us blocking the entrances forced Congressial leaders to call for the end of burning coal at this facility by the end of this year.