WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning, October 22 starting at 8:00 a.m. hundreds of activists from a variety of anti-war, justice and clean energy groups and networks will risk arrest in a series of non-violent direct actions to disrupt business as usual on Capitol Hill.

"Millions of Americans -- the vast majority of us - want immediate action on the twin global threats of the Iraq War and global warming," explains Ann Wright of Veterans for Peace. "We are demonstrating today because as the violence, chaos and death in Iraq continue and we hit another year of increasing climate disasters, our government is failing, once again, to respond to the will of the people."

"The link between war and warming is oil" said Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International. "The oil industry gave $10 million in campaign contributions to this Congress. Perhaps this explains Congress' inability to address these issues. We're here today to demand a separation of oil & state."`

"This Congress has failed in its first year to deal with two of the top issues they were elected to solve -- the war and global warming: said Ted Glick of the US Climate Emergency Council who was risking arrest today. "They must do better. Congress must end the war in Iraq AND pass strong legislation to address global warming and enact a clean energy revolution."

What do war and global warming have in common? Oil. Burning oil, gas and coal is responsible for the vast majority of global greenhouse gas emissions. The fossil fuel industry has systematically funded efforts to discredit legitimate climate science and obstruct national and international efforts to stop global warming for more than a decade.

It is the USA's addiction to oil that drove our country into war with Iraq. Even Alan Greenspan says it. Our future energy choices must not fuel either war or warming. The first step in ending our collective addiction to fossil fuels is reducing their influence over our politicians and demanding a separation of oil and state.

WHAT: No War No Warming Press Conference and Briefing on Morning Actions

WHEN: Monday, October 22 at 11 a.m. Actions begin at 8am.

WHERE: West Lawn of U.S. Capitol. Actions begin near the NE corner of New Jersey and Independence

WHO: Press Conference: Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus , Ann Wright of Veterans For Peace, Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International, Rachel Haut of Students for a Democratic Society. Actions: Hundreds of individuals undertaking a collective action endorsed by: Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Climate Crisis Coalition, Codepink, Democracy Rising, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Farms Not Arms, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, Green House Network, Greenpeace, Hip Hop Caucus, Institute of the Black World, Labor/Community Strategy Center, Madre, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Oil Change International, Organic Consumers Association, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Progressive Democrats of America, Project South, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Youth Coalition, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Students for a Democratic Society, Tikkun/Network of Spiritual Progressives, United for Peace and Justice, U.S. Climate Emergency Council, Voters for Peace, West Harlem Environmental Action, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

For further information, go to: www.nowarnowarming.org ###