Actions
Here are all the major actions we’ve done since we started in June 2009, along with prominent press hits:
Copenhagen Survival Sit-in
Thursday, December 17th
U.S. State Department
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Angry Mermaid Award Delivery
Wednesday, December 16th
Monsanto, API & Shell – DC Headquarters
view video
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Climate Plan B: The Ark The World Wants a Real Deal Candlelight Vigil
Saturday, December 12th
The National Mall
- Washington Post
- Wall Street Journal
- Straights Times (AP/AFP Story)
- NBC Washington
- National Public Radio
- PBS Religion and Ethics
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Fossil of the Day Awards
Multiple Deliveries
Various Embassies, White House
White House video
Embassy of Austria video
Embassy of Canada video
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CO2 kills – Obama, earn your peace prize in Copenhagen
Wednesday, December 9th
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
- National Public Radio
- South China Morning Post
- India Times
- Life
- La Tercera (Chile)
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Obama: Join China, Light the Way to a Climate Treaty
Tuesday, November 17th
The Ellipse
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Merkel, Obama Stall on Climate Finance
Tuesday, November 3rd
The White House
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Astroturfer Lobbyists Against Climate Legislation
Thursday, October 29th
Hearing of House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming about fraudulent letters sent to members of Congress by lobbying firm Bonner and Associates on behalf of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricty
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SurvivaBalls Storm US Capitol with Alternate Climate Solution
Tuesday, October 20th
US Capitol – various locations
Video – SurvivaBall Plunges down Capitol Steps
- Talk Radio News (video)
- Talk Radio News (article)
- Huffington Post
- Roll Call
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Climate Change is Not a Game
Obama to Copenhagen for… 2012 Climate Treaty 2016 Olympics?
Thursday, October 1st
The White House
- Washington Post
- Guardian
- Jeff Malet Photography (including photo at right)
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#G20CLIMATEFAIL
Contingent to the People’s March
>> In cooperation with the 3 Rivers Climate Convergence, Sierra Student Coalition, and other groups
Friday, September 25th
Oakland to downtown
Pittsburgh, PA
View Compilation Video
- New York Times (slideshow pic)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Change.org
- Grist
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SurvivaBall Promo at the G-20
>>Thanks to the Yes Men
Wednesday, September 23rd
Point State Park – Pittsburgh, PA
- WPXI (video)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (click on slide show)
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (scroll down – image on left)
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G-20 Banner Drop : Quit Coal, Fund Climate Recovery
Tuesday, September 22nd
Coal Conference Departure for CCS Facility Tour – Pittsburgh, PA
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G20 Global Climate Wake-Up Call
>>coordinated with over 2,600 wake-up events worldwide
Monday, September 21st
7th and Penn Parklet – Pittsburgh, PA
- KDKA (video before)
- Associated Press
- WTAE Pittsburgh (video)
- WPXI Pittsburgh
- KDKA (video after)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (video)
- WDUQ News
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Carbon Bigfoot Harper Visits the White House
Wednesday, September 16
Melrose Hotel and The White House
- TheStar.com – Toronto
- The Globe and Mail
- Canada.com
- Macleans.ca
- The Chronicle Herald
- Business News Network
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We Need Free Speech and Climate Progress at the G20 in Pittsburgh
Wednesday, September 9
National Press Club
- AP
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 2
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- DC Examiner
- WPXI (Pittsburgh TV/Channel 11)
- AFP
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Senate: Get to Work, Green Jobs Now!
Wednesday, September 8
Hart Senate Office Building
- DelmarvaNow
- It’s Getting Hot in Here
- WPFW – Spectrum Today
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Prevent the Next Katrina
Thursday, August 27
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
View Video
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Climate Refugee Tent City
Monday, August 17 – Tuesday, August 18
U.S. State Department
View Video
- Clean Skies TV
- Free Speech Radio News
- WUSA (CBS Channel 9 – local)
- EnviroKnow
- TIGblog
- NewsTin
- WPFW
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Aliens, Wizards, and Little Red Riding Hood Oppose Green Jobs
Wednesday, August 5
Union Station and Senate Offices
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Obama’s Birthday Ticket to Copenhagen
Thursday, August 4
The White House
View Video
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Lobbyist Naked Fraud Protest
Friday, July 31
Bonner & Associates Office
View Protest Video
(Courtesy of Think Progress)
View Follow-Up Video
- Politico
- Huffington Post
- Get Energy Smart Now!
- Charlottesville Daily Progress
- Fredricksburg.com
- Think Progress
- Indymedia
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High Fives for Todd Stern
July 30
U.S. State Department
View Video
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Hillary Clinton and the Tar Sands Monster
Friday, July 24
U.S. State Department
View Video
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Climate Astronauts Banner Drop and Dance Mob
Tuesday, July 21
Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing, Senate Offices and Union Station
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Climate Strongmen in the Senate
Multiple Appearances
Senate offices and Environment & Public Works Hearings
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Aerial Photo for a STRONGer Climate Bill
Thursday, July 9
Hart Senate Office Building Atrium
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Sweden: Clean up the EU’s Act, Be a Climate Leader
Thursday July 2
Embassy of Sweden
View Video
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ACES House Vote Rally
Friday June 26
South Lawn of Capitol
View Video
(courtesy of CCAN)
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Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, and the Dancing Green Hard Hats
Thurs June 25 and Friday June 26
The German Embassy and The White House
View German Embassy Video
View White House Video
- Aktuelle Nachrichten (German TV news)
- Politics Daily
- Boston.com
- ABC News
- China Daily
- Täglicher Anzeiger
- News Paradaise
- Agerpres Foto
- Daily Kos
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ACES Flashmob
Wednesday, June 24
Longworth House Office Building Cafeteria
View Video
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Abe Lincoln’s Copenhagen Address
Friday, June 12
Capitol South Metro Station
