Environmental groups face their future in climate-change debate -Washington Post

On Thursday, some of the country's most respected environmental groups - in the midst of their biggest political fight in two decades - sent a group of activists to Milwaukee with a message.

We're losing.
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Now the groups are wondering how they can keep this loss from becoming a rout as their opponents press their advantage and try to undo the Obama administration's climate efforts. At two events last week in Wisconsin, environmental groups seemed to be trying two strategies: defiance and pleading for sympathy.

Neither one drew enough people to fill a high school gym.
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On Wednesday, a coalition of environmental and labor groups called the "Blue Green Alliance" came to Green Bay during a tour of 30-plus cities. They arrived in a blue bus painted with a windmill, smiling workers - and a painted message that was resilience bordering on denial.

"The Job's Not Done," the bus said, meaning the climate bill.

"A new green job can be waiting out there for you" if the bill is passed and stimulates the growth of renewable energy, said Mark Westphal, representing a United Steelworkers local. "I'm here today to tell the United States Senate to get on board."

But only about 30 people attended the midafternoon event. A half-hour after it began, the speakers were back on the bus and the parking lot was almost empty.