Environmentalist youth take to Capitol Hill

Some 12,000 mostly college student activists arrived in Washington last week to take part in the PowerShift conference, which seeks to unify various efforts pushing for an energy policy that more directly addresses the issues of global warming. The conference culminated today in a historic number of lobby visits, yet many felt that diplomatic action alone will not lead to substantial change. As FSRN’s Sam Greenspan reports, many activists have taken to measures of civil disobedience at the Capitol.

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