We Crashed AFP's Climate Denier Live Webcast

So an action I planned went really well today. Please repost and tweet around! Americans for Prosperity gave it coverage as well!




Check out the press release:
US Youth Crash Climate Denier Event in Copenhagen
Young Clean Energy Advocates called "Hitler Youth" by Climate Denier Lord Monckton

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Fifty young Americans took over a climate denier conference hosted by a prominent conservative organization this evening in Copenhagen, rushing the stage and telling the live TV audience that a clean energy future is the real road to prosperity in America. The young people, merely a fraction of the more than 350 US youth in Denmark for the UN climate negotiations, entered a session of the Americans for Prosperity "Hot Air Tour" speakers series and were able to drop two banners and gain access to the conference's stage. The live event was webcast to over forty climate denier rallies in cities across the United States.

US State Department Briefing

Last  night the US State Department held a briefing for the NGO's and US civil society here in Copenhagen.  This is going to happen every other day for the rest of COP15. The US Youth wrote up a series of questions and got there early.

As soon as we walked it we took front row and joined tons of other youth in the crowd.  Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, started the meeting by giving a brief synopsis of where the negotiations are at, what the US sees happening and what we should expect.  Then Administrator Lisa Jackson, Chief of the EPA, joined the conversation, telling us about the landmark announcement yesterday by the US government that greenhouse gases are indeed harmful to human health (duh).  Then they took questions from the audience.

Youth owned this. We asked 7 out of the 9 questions that Mr. Pershing took. We asked tough questions about the US's official position on 350ppm, paying our climate debt, and how the recent EPA announcement will strengthen the US's targets. I started off the questions by introduing myself as a US youth delegate from SustainUs and pointed out that I was joined here by 500 American youth representing thousands back in the US working for climate justice.
Then I asked about the Danish Text, which you should read up on (interesting stuff).

Join me at COP and shape the news

There is mixed media on what is actually happening here in Copenhagen and you have a chance to shape what that message is by asking for the story you want to hear.

Submit videos that have you asking, the tough questions, to be displayed on the cube here and considered for inclusion in an upcoming CNN show at www.youtube.com/cop15.

*If you need some ideas here are some great questions the attendees of last week's youth Clean energy Forum came up with.

Hope to see your questions join me here at COP!