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title: Big weekend for sports, the climate, and the ocean.
date: 2010-06-25T20:17:41Z
modified: 2010-06-25T20:17:41Z
permalink: "https://350.org/big-weekend-sports-climate-and-ocean/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: If you're like me, you're really excited a
wpid: 18010
author: May Boeve
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![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4040251856_6d49794bd8_o.jpg)

If you're like me, you're really excited about this upcoming weekend. Not only are there more World Cup matches to watch, but [hundreds of Hands Across the Sand event are taking place across the country,](https://350.org/hands) and the world. Saturday is shaping up to be the largest day of action against off-shore drilling that the US has ever seen.

But here's a surprise: the same news site that covers football (and, eh hem, soccer…),[ ESPN, also posted about Hands! That's how you know it's hit the big time.](https://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/5326675)

Participating on Saturday is easy–just look for a local event, and show up at 11 AM to join hands with your neighbors. [Next week, the US Senate takes up climate and energy legislation](https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/energy_mirage.html), and, dare we say, this may be "THE moment." We've got to show all the support we can for a scientifically based policy to finally, finally, get the US off of fossil fuels.