Dirty Coal Has Left the Building

Huffington Post by Jeff Biggers | Mar. 2, 2009 (Opinion)
Live Blog from DC

(Blog Post) ...marchers are gathering in the park just to the south of the Capitol, a few blocks from the Capitol Power Plant....chanting "Clean Coal is a Dirty Lie,"... It's an energetic crowd, on a very windy and cold day, though the sun keeps attempting to break through... Carl "Pete" Ramey, a great-grandfather from Wise County, Virginia, and VFW chaplain, who spent 37 years laboring in an underground mine, has just read an opening prayer: "Is faith asleep? Let it ... Full Story »

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 by Mike LaBonte - Mar. 3, 2009

This leans closer to emotional advocacy than to balanced journalism. It does give a nice summary of viewpoints expressed by various people., and the journal style gives a "you are there" feeling to it. With one solitary link buried in the middle, this is written mostly for those who already know about the protest. Presumably the Capitol Power Plant is a power plant in or near DC, but that is only hinted at.

This reminds me of the fantastic creativity that protesters put into their signs and chants, and even what they wear.

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