Orange may not be your color. But there's a good chance you won't arrested as you protest coal use in the nation's capital.
After all, Daryl Hannah will be there, with thousands of other activists, surrounding the gates of the Capitol Hill Power Plant and chanting Kumbuyah -- er, "No more coal!" and other green epitaphs.
As welovedc.com blogger Donna C. reports, Capitol Climate Action is being billed as the largest mass civil disobedience for the climate in U.S. history and has been endorsed by 100 organizations, including folks like Hannah, Paul Hawken and Will.I.Am.
On Thursday, Democratic leaders in Congress called for an overhaul of the plant, which supplies heat and A/C to the U.S. Capitol, so it could run entirely on natural gas by the end of this year -- a move organizers say is a step in the right direction.
“In terms of carbon emissions, this plant is small potatoes, but it really is a very iconic symbol,” said Matt Leonard of Greenpeace in The Taipei Times. “It can burn gas or oil or coal and people have fought very hard over the years to make sure it burns coal.”
Organizers say this could be the tipping point in the fight against coal, after years of steady activism.
The event starts at 11:30 a.m. at Spirit of Justice Park.
