by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

This is a quickie.  My car insurance provider noted in an email that tomorrow night is Lights Out LA, an event designed to conserve energy and raise awareness.  Between 8-9 pm, LA residents are encouraged to turn off all non-essential lights in a bid to save enough energy to power 2,500 homes for a full year.  The Hollywood sign, City Hall, and most government buildings will go dark.  I believe something like this was attempted in San Francisco earlier this year.  It's exciting that Los Angeles is attempting to raise awareness of climate change and promote conservative.  You can even get a free beeswaz candle to use at this website.

My only issue is how to square this with the fact that it'll be happening in the fourth quarter of the Michigan football game.  I'll get out my transistor radio, I guess.

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

Our own Rachel Dawn Scharf, organizer of Global Warming Is Child Abuse, recently emceed the kickoff of a 4 day march to the New Jersey State Capitol in Trenton to educate people about climate change:

Last Friday marked the beginning of a four-day march meant to raise awareness about global warming. The event kicked off on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus around noon with colorful posters and a dancing polar bear.

The march traveled from Rutgers to Princeton University, The College of New Jersey and finally the State House in Trenton today.

A multitude of groups attended with only one goal in mind: solutions for global warming. In addition to the speakers present, there was a group called the Solidarity Singers, raising morale and awareness by singing songs with lyrics geared to global warming issues. "We will pump out all the planet's oil just to fuel our SUV's."

Throughout the one-hour rally, speakers emphasized the need for clean energy and the urgent need for New Jersey to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by the year 2050. The group was collecting signatures for the Global Warming Response Act and a petition to legislators to support their cause.

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