What could possibly go wrong? From their press release (via Real Science).
The Sierra Club Board of Directors has approved the one-time use of civil disobedience for the first time in the organization’s 120-year history.
Recognizing the imminent danger posed by climate disruption, including record heat waves, drought, wildfires and the devastation of superstorm Sandy, the Sierra Club board of directors has suspended a long-standing Club policy to allow, for one time, the organization to lead a group of environmental activists, civil rights leaders, visionaries, scientists, and other high-profile individuals in a peaceful protest to dirty and dangerous tar sands. The action will be by invitation only and is being co-sponsored by 350.org.
The Board apparently understands exactly who their base is, and will do all they can to weed out the ones who will become violent. Vandalize. Destroy property. Get arrested. Etc. Oh, and leave lots of litter behind. Their signs. Coffee cups. Cigarette packs. Drug paraphernalia. Talking points papers. Processed foods boxes. And these people are the norm for who shows up.
“For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest,†said Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director.
“We are watching a global crisis unfold before our eyes, and to stand aside and let it happen — even though we know how to stop it — would be unconscionable. As the president said in his inaugural address, ‘to do so would betray our children and future generations.’â€
Don’t forget
- .08C (.14F) increase in global temperature from 1997
- .28F (.16C) increase since 1990
Not exactly doom-worthy.
