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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill McKibben to speak at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign kickoff
Adam SilvermanVerified @Wej12#VT-er, climate activist @billmckibben to speak at @BernieSanders kickoff. #btv #vt http://bfpne.ws/1Hl2Lyl @bfp_news
Bill McKibben, a Vermont environmental activist and author, will speak at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign kickoff in Burlington next week, according to a Sanders spokesman.
"Bernie's sponsored the most aggressive climate change legislation in Congress," said Michael Briggs, a spokesman for the Sanders campaign. He added that McKibben and Sanders both worked to stop the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline and participated in a New York City climate change march last fall.
In an email to the environmental news website Grist earlier this month McKibben called Sanders "the most consistent and proactive voice in the entire Keystone fight."
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., are also expected to speak with free ice cream in tow.
Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, will launch his campaign from Burlington 5 p.m. Tuesday at Waterfront Park.
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Bill McKibben to speak at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign kickoff (Original Post)
bigtree
May 2015
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peacebird
(14,195 posts)1. Wish I could be there...
MH1
(17,600 posts)2. Once again, I kinda wish I lived in Vermont.
(but then I remember it gets kinda cold there in the winter. Never mind.)
That's going to be a great event and I know I'd be trying to go if I was close enough.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)3. For anyone concerned about the future, there is no other choice. nt
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)5. Sanders' hair looks good in that picture.
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