Here's some great news out of Vermont–news that's sure to find supporters all across the country. Bill McKibben and the folks behind Step It Up have announced Step It Up 2.

Here's their plan:

On November 3, a year before the next election, we’re asking people to organize rallies large and small in their communities. Each one should take place in some spot that commemorates great leaders of the past. People have already committed to climbing New Hampshire's Mt. Washington and gathering in Chicago's Lincoln Park. Others will gather at the Rhode Island church where John F. Kennedy was married, or in front of a site honoring Navajo elder and activist Roberta Blackgoat. But we need hundreds more, gatherings in places that bear the names of national leaders or of locally celebrated men and women who did the right thing in a moment of great need. You’ll know the person that makes sense in your city or town—they don't need to be saints, just true leaders, the kind who, faced with the great issues of their day, didn't punt or compromise.

As you may recall, the objective of the first Step It Up was to call for Congress to pass legislation that would reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. And on April 14th there were nearly 1400 Step It Up events organized in support of that objective.

In addition to the 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 objective, Step It Up 2 will add three more objectives:

• 10% reduction in carbon emissions over the next three years
• a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants
• and a Green Job Corps to help fix homes and businesses so those targets can be met

Stay tuned for more news on Step It Up 2.

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