Advocates for renewable energy rallied in State House Square at noon today, drumming and chanting to gather attention for the cause.
The Sacred Sorrow Singers and Margaux Hayes performed, bringing more energy and people into the mix during this lunchtime action.
This local rally was organized on the National Day of Action for the People’s Climate Movement. It was endorsed by 350 CT, Sierra Club’s Connecticut Chapter, Food and Water Watch, Connecticut Against Fracking, Hartford Action, Interreligious Eco-Justice Network, Town of Windham Energy Commission, Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society’s Social Action Committee, Toxics Action Center, Grassroots Environmental Education, Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion, Fightings Against Natural Gas, Fossil Free Rhode Island, Occupy Providence, Grassroots Against Another Salem Power Plant, West Roxbury Quarry Neighbors for a Fossil Free Future, and Beyond Extreme Energy.