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Sustainability group will form large ‘350’ with people at Secret City Festival today

Posted at 10:41 am June 22, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 4 Comments

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Secret City Sustainability, a student-led initiative to promote divestment from fossil fuels, is having an event at the Secret City Festival at 2 p.m. today. They are going to make a large “350” with people to signify the organization 350.org.

The organization was founded by Bill McKibben, a leading environmental activist who will be coming to speak at the Oak Ridge High School Auditorium on Aug. 18. The students are trying to get the word out about his talk by forming a “350” in the grass.

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: 350, Bill McKibben, Secret City Festival, Secret City Sustainability

Comments

  1. TJ garland says

    June 23, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    Junk science again. Talked to them. Their solution is nuclear. I guess they don’t remember Fukashima. They don’t know that over half our nuclear plants are on earthquake faults. Forgot OR contamination, which will be eclisped by Hanford. They are useful idiots.
    They are part of the Agenda 21 program. Follow the money

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    • Tj garland says

      June 23, 2013 at 11:41 pm

      Follow this money–prpbably financing 350
      http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/06/21/depopulating-an-entire-region-of-the-country/

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  2. John C. says

    June 24, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    I actually talked to these kids at the Secret City Festival. They didn’t mention nuclear specifically. It seems like they want to level the playing field for other forms of energy to develop as industries. They make some good points, too. Why should the taxpayers subsidize big fossil fuel companies when they are raking in billions of dollars in private profits? Interesting stuff to think about.

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  3. Helen Standifer says

    June 24, 2013 at 11:37 pm

    You are so right, TJ. If we just follow the money, it will answer most of the questions.

    Reply

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