Over 5,500 students from all 50 states came to the University of Maryland College Park on November 2-5 for the largest student global warming conference ever. Over 250 of the country’s leading organizers and advocates and policy experts gave speeches, ran skills trainings, and presented issue briefings for the crowd. Members of Congress spoke, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called young global warming activists the "magnificent disrupters of our time."
On Monday, November 5th, we held the largest student Lobby Day on Capitol Hill ever – 3000 students went to meet with over 300 Congressional offices and ask them, among other things, to pass an energy bill this year that includes tough car economy standards (35 MPG by 2020) and renewable energy standards (15% by 2020).
Afterward, there was a huge rally on the steps of the Capitol, where the speakers included several Congressmen and Maryland PIRG Chair Lauren Kim.
The conference was organized by the Energy Action Coalition, of which Maryland PIRG is a member.
