We have a whole other set of tools that can give us significant leverage to achieve what sometimes seems far off. What if instead of asking people to write letters, groups like the Energy Action Coalition were organizing around the country to shut down federal offices if ACESA was passed without an overhaul, rather than diverting energy into filling Congressional hearing rooms with green shirts? What if climate groups brought financial districts of a half dozen cities across the country were brought to a halt for a day if there was no provision for a moratorium on all new coal plants and mining projects?

The same old, tired tactics aren’t going to achieve the radical changes needed to stop catastrophic climate change.