Local Action for Global Change: IA & NH Call for Real Global Solutions and a Clean Energy Economy

by Ilya Sheyman [courtesy of Blog for America]

(The following is a guest post from The ReEnergize NH and IA Organizing Team)

Concord, New Hampshire and Des Moines, Iowa boomed Sunday afternoon with the sound of masses of citizens rallying for a clean energy economy and real global warming solutions.

The rallies were the highlight event of a summer-long effort to engage citizens in NH and IA about the economic opportunities that bold, visionary action to fight global warming can bring to America.

The students from the Sierra Student Coalition that organized the campaign, along with the Sierra Club and United Steelworkers, collected thousands of petition signatures asking our leaders to act now to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050, or two percent a year starting right now, and create two million new, good-paying jobs for Americans.