Students Use Civil Rights Tactics to Combat Global Warming

"At campuses across the country, in marches, blogs even performance art — one student dressed as a pink light bulb to deliver energy efficient fluorescent light bulbs around campus — students are pressuring their colleges to use renewable energy and calling on congress to enact legislation that encourages reductions in carbon emissions. "

"'We don't just see this as environmental but about civil rights,'" said 19-year-old Catherine McEachern of Cornell University. "'It's the calling of our generation. Global warming has been neglected by the previous generation, and we see it as an injustice that needs to be changed.'"

Energy Action. Step It Up. KyotoNOW. Bright Planet. Focus the Nation. Campus Climate Challenge. With so many cross-pollinating student groups and efforts, no wonder global warming is hot.

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