Capitol Climate Action at the Capitol Coal Power Plant in Washington

Native Americans from the Four Corners area of southwestern United States carry the lead banner in the Capitol Climate Action march on the Capitol Power Plant on Capitol Hill in Washington. The march against the coal fired plant that services the U.S. Capitol is the biggest climate demonstration in U.S. history. The group Dooda Desert Rock of indigenous residents is dedicated to stopping the Desert Rock coal plant proposed by the Sithe Global LLC corporation, Desert rock energy company and the Dine Power Authority

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Unique identifier: GP01ZBD

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/03/2009

Locations: Capitol Hill, North America, United States of America, Washington, D.C.

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Capitol Climate Action against Coal Plant Washington (2009)

Capitol Climate Action Activists march to the Capitol Power Plant in Washington. More than 2,500 former coal miners, ministers, mothers, students, and climate activists, representing over 40 states from Arizona to Appalachia, successfully blocked all five entrances to the Capitol Power Plant for nearly four hours, forming the largest display of civil disobedience on the climate crisis in U.S. history.

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