WCAX interview on the Fossil Fuel Freedom campaign launch - David Stember, 350VT.org

Press Conference -- Launching the Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign

As we move into 2012, we're launching a Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign at the Statehouse calling for bold leadership to solve the climate crisis.

What: Press Conference to launch the Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign

Where: Vermont Statehouse -- Cedar Creek Room

When: Wednesday, January 25th 10:00 AM

The Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign advances the goals and strategies you've called for to make Vermont the leader the country so urgently needs today to solve the climate crisis.

Despite being surrounded daily by growing evidence of rapidly changing climate -- even in Vermont -- our leaders are too preoccupied with the urgencies of today, and have so far failed to take the level of bold action required to protect our future.

Today, we hear over and over that Vermont must be a leader for the rest of the country. Yet at a time when much of the country remains stuck in an ill-informed debate around climate change, the question is, what does leadership look like for solving the climate crisis?

To lead this effort Vermont must do no less than initiate a full-scale response to the climate crisis, a response that matches the vast scope of the challenge and demonstrates powerful, potent levels of action and justice.

Because science has identified greenhouse gas emissions generated from burning fossil fuels as the primary cause of global warming, meeting the climate crisis successfully hinges on our ability to rapidly end our dependence on fossil fuels.

The formula for unleashing this level of sustained collective effort involves inspired leadership, bold goals and superhuman effort. Whenever people truly unite behind a cause the results are always unparalleled innovation and fresh new models of thought and action; in short, complete, wholesale transformation.

Transformational change doesn't arise just from doing the same thing in a slightly different way. It demands we recognize the fundamental dysfunctions that have shaped our society, our economy, and our energy philosophy. Such dysfunctions have marched us all to the edge of a precipice. Avoiding escalating global climate chaos necessitates the boldest level of action in the shortest possible time-frame.

Together we are creating the energy and vision needed to help this state become the model for bold climate leadership in the U.S. and beyond. January 25th will mark a new phase in the movement for citizen engagement and climate justice in Vermont. We can create a future that is livable, just, sustainable, and free from the tyranny of fossil fuels.

See: http://world.350.org/vermont/fossil-fuel-freedom-2/
Via: http://www.wcax.com/story/16540061/fossil-fuel-freedom-campaign-launched-by-3...

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• climate
• leadership
• urgency
• vermont
• 350vermont
• 350vt
• 350vt.org
• fossil fuel freedom
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