Green groups campaigned heavily in May to keep oil in the ground, yet their anti-fossil fuel crusades are now met with yawns from other environmentalists who believe renewable energy is an ineffective alternative for fossil fuels.
The “Keep It In The Ground” groups embarked on a two-week long Break Free 2016 rally in hopes of convincing the U.S. and the world to permanently stop using oil and coal. Environmentalists like Bill McKibben, among others, called the rally the “greatest civil disobedience for climate action in history,” and others said more than 30,000 protesters would take part in events in far flung-places like the Philippines.
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