Forward on Climate – a report from the ground, with pics!

climate activisits gathered on the washington mall

Frigid wind gusts didn’t keep rally participants from converging around the National Monument yesterday to join environmental activist Bill McKibben in a united effort to call on the President of the United States to take action and address the urgent need for immediate action on climate change. At a mass of an estimated 20 to 50,000, the [...]

Bike DC: Our report on the ground from President Obama’s Second Inauguration

Filling the National Mall for President Obama's Second Inauguration

Riding my bike through downtown DC on this inaugural day, I encountered road barriers in the form of police cars, military trucks and entire buses which kept cars outside of a perimeter circling the mall where Obama’s swearing in ceremony took place. The hordes of people overflowing off the sidewalk and overall lack of car traffic made navigation easy on two [...]