Ironic Snowfall for Resource-Rich Greenies | GlobalWarming.org

Environmentalists characterize themselves as petite Davids battling gargantuan corporate Goliaths in order to grab media attention. But hundreds of green activists demonstrated today to raise awareness of global warming and against coal production in front of the Capital Power Plant in southeast Washington D.C. The group had plenty of resources ranging from a raised stage with microphones, to trucks loaded with food and coffee, to green plastic helmets, all the way down to fluorescent caps and fancy colored anti-industry signs.

CEI stages “Celebrate Coal” counter-rally on Capitol Hill today | GlobalWarming.org

Despite the fact that the DC area was just clobbered with snow last night and this morning, hundreds of left-wing environmentalists descended on Capitol Hill today for a global warming protest. The proximate object of ire was the nearby coal-generated power plant. Mostly hippie-influenced college students, from the look of the crowd, they grouped around Longworth House Office Building with their professionally printed, matching, corporate-looking signs. Chanting various slogans, such as like “power to the people” and “green jobs now,” they marched down several blocks to the power plant at New Jersey and E Street, SE.

Not to cede the day to the patchouli-and-dreadlock crowd, CEI, with representatives from Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, was on-hand to meet the anti-energy message with one championing affordable energy.

Alarmism Has Consequences | OpenMarket.org

In a magnificent display of self-delusion, the green movement is holding a demonstration at the Capitol’s power plant today to protest the continued use of coal to keep people warm. Although I’d love to put the continued operation of Congress at the mercy of the weather, there is a more important point here. Coal is Affordable energy increases people’s income, keeps them in jobs, and keeps them alive. Here is a brief summary of some important research on the subject...