A crowd gathered at UN Plaza in New York City to listen to speeches by people such as Robert Redford, who reminded them that the sun "can't be embargoed by any foreign nation". At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, environmental activist Barry Commoner opined to a group of 500 people that solar power was an issue as pivotal as slavery and that "if Mr. Carter and Energy Secretary Schlesinger won't talk about solar energy, it's time that we did," and that solar power was the "one solution to the economic problems of the United States."
This event brought together a large crowd at UN Plaza in New York City to listen to influential voices like Robert Redford, who cautioned against foreign interference with the sun's energy. At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, environmental activist Barry Commoner spoke to a group of 500 people, arguing that solar power was a vital issue comparable to the struggle for freedom and that it could help address America's economic challenges.