400 Rally in Spokane to End Climate Disruption

By Gina Rogers

Sierra Club, Spokane Coalition Builders

View the ABC affliated KXLY viedo coverage: Spokane joins rallies across the globe against climate change!

Spokane Coalition Builders photographed the event: Global Climate Rally Spokane 11-29-15

Co-Sponsored by The Sierra Club; Citizens Institute for Public Policy; Citizen Climate Lobby; Spokane Riverkeeper; The Lands Council; Trout Unlimited; Carbon Washington; Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane; Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane; and Spokane Veterans for Peace; the Riverfront Park rally in Washington attracted over 400 local environmental activists.

Activists showed support for strong action on climate change in Paris and the local Beyond Coal "Coal Free Avista" campaign against a ~2000MW coal plant in Colstrip, MT. 

A diverse array of speakers spoke passionately at the event, including Taylena Bigsmoke, 9 year old Jr. Miss Gathering at the Falls Pow Wow Princess. 

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Gina Rogers is an editorial intern with the Sierra Club's Communications Department. She studies sustainability & gender studies and lives with her plants in beautiful British Columbia, Canada.
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