Last night, as part of a day of action that saw events in all fifty states, 300 Bay Area #NoKXL activists rallied in front of a State Department office in downtown San Francisco. RAN staff was proud to participate, along with our friends at CREDO and Idle No More.
RAN climate campaigner Todd Zimmer fired up the crowd:
What do we want? Climate justice!
Idle No More’s beautiful banners:
Pennie Opal Plant, of Idle No More, spoke to the proposed pipeline’s impact on frontline communities:
An activist sent a message to President Obama:
RAN’s climate and energy program director, Amanda Starbuck, on the devastation Keystone XL would wreak on the climate:
RAN staffers Sophie Roudané (center, in scarf) and Andrea Skinner (far right):
Be sure to check out pictures from rallies across the country!