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Thursday, August 22, 2013

"Power Shift" shift: It was all about the alleged "climate crisis" in 2007; now the "climate crisis" is mentioned fourth, with "fight fracking" first

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This fall, 10,000+ youth leaders will converge in Pittsburgh, PA to fight for our future.
Together we’ll build the movement to fight fracking, divest from fossil fuels, build a clean energy future, and stop the climate crisis.
Power Shift 2013 will take place October 18 - 21st in Pittsburgh, PA.
Power Shift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Power Shift Conference took place from November 2 to 5 in 2007 with between 5,000 and 6,000 students and young people in attendance
...The main aim of the first conference was to urge elected officials to pass legislation which would include three planks taken from the platform of the climate advocacy coalition 1Sky...
The creation of a 5 million-strong Clean Energy Job Corps
The reduction of greenhouse gases to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, which scientists say is the baseline for mitigating the worst effects of global warming
A moratorium on new coal plants and divestment from fossil fuel and highway subsidies.
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The third American Power Shift took place April 15 to 18, 2011 in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The conference had over 10,000 attenders. People came to support various environmental movements

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