[GPCA Updates] Greens endorse Earth Day celebrations Saturday, massdemonstrations against Bush visit

[Jim Stauffer]

                   News Advisory
           THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
                 www.cagreens.org



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 					     
Friday, April 21, 2006
	     

Greens endorse Earth Day celebrations Saturday,
mass demonstrations against President Bush's
appearances in California this weekend

SACRAMENTO (April 21, 2006) – Members of the Green Party of California
today endorsed not only Earth Day celebrations scheduled this weekend, but
the mass demonstrations against the Bush Administration scheduled over the
next few days during President Bush's tour of the state.

As people mark Earth Day's 36th anniversary, they should also note the
major role the Bush Administration has taken in helping harm  the
environment, charged the Greens, who said their members are being
encouraged statewide to also join in major protests against the President
this weekend.

"Any claims by President Bush that he, or his administration supports green
alternatives are worse than spin – they are outright lies. And his visit to
the fuel cell facility on Earth Day in Sacramento is pure hypocrisy," said
Pat Driscoll, GPCA spokesperson in Sacramento. Driscoll noted that the Bush
Administration continues to advocate for oil drilling in the sensitive
Arctic regions, and has blocked any U.S. support for the Kyoto Protocol.

The war in Iraq – and hints at war in Iran – are further evidence that the
Bush Administration is working to destroy the planet, and people, for
profit and to further the U.S. addiction to oil.

"Despite the misinformation coming from Washington, the voters understand
that something is very wrong with our nation's energy policies every time
they go to the gas station and notice the skyrocketing price of gas, which
this week topped out at above $3 a gallon," said Susan King, GPCA
spokesperson in San Francisco.

"The Green Party of California believes we should begin by ending this oil
war in Iraq, and bring our troops home immediately. We should then work
together to find a sane way out of the environmental quagmire  the ruling
parties in this country, the Republican and Democratic, have created for us
and future generations," added Driscoll.