Action against extraction.

• Position: On the Line - Brief article

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Youth climate activists descended upon Washington, D.C., for the Power Shift 2011 organizing summit. They marched on big polluters and their allies such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Department of the Interior. Police arrested twenty-one for a sit-in at Interior. Activists also flashmobbed a BP gas station to call attention to the mess that BP has left behind in the Gulf.

Following the massive sit-in at the Department of the Interior, activists in Washington joined others from around the country for the Rising Tide Day of...