Hundreds from the Los Angeles Region to March and Converge at City Hall Urging Presiden Obama to Take Immediate Action on Climate Crisis

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Contact: Refugio Mata, Sierra Club, (805) 428-4075 or refugio.mata@sierraclub.org

HUNDREDS FROM THE LOS ANGELES REGION TO MARCH AND CONVERGE AT CITY HALL URGING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON CLIMATE CRISIS

The largest rally in the city’s history on climate change will coincide with marches across multiple U.S. cities calling for action to avert crises like Super Storm Sandy

Los Angeles, CA – Hundreds of activists and supporters from across a wide coalition of over 70 groups, led by Tar Sands Action Southern California and Sierra Club, will march on February 17th from Olvera St./Paseo de la Plaza and converge for a rally at City Hall.  The climate rally – the largest in Los Angeles’ history – will coincide with thousands of protesters converging on Washington D.C. in the largest climate change rally in history, led by 350.org and the Sierra Club.

This is the first time such a wide array of environmental, humanitarian, religious, political, labor, civil rights, and community organizations have come together in Los Angeles to demand action on climate change.

Elected officials and community leaders will call on President Obama to take strong action on the climate crisis and reject damaging projects such as the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.   The final lineup of politicians, celebrities, and key speakers is being confirmed.

Crippling drought, devastating wildfires, and super-storm Sandy have brought climate change home, and demonstrators in the Los Angeles region will send a message to the President and Congress that the time to act is now.  Only strong measures will preserve California’s water supply, coasts, and forests for future generations.  The march’s primary message is that the time has come for a renewable energy future that breaks the addiction to dirty and dangerous fuels like coal, natural gas, nuclear and tar sands oil.

WHAT:  Largest climate change rally in the history of Los Angeles
WHO:  Supporters of Tar Sands Action Southern California, Sierra Club, and more than 70 other organizations
WHEN:  Sunday, February 17, 2013, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
WHERE:  March from Olvera St./Paseo de la Plaza and converge at City Hall
VISUALS:  Mega-letter to President Obama; activists carrying banners, and signs.