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Ripe for change: World leaders must take note of climate march
2014-09-21 06:41:41| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Two days ahead of a United Nations climate summit, tens of thousands will gather today in New York City for a "people's march' against climate change. Leaders at the U.N. meeting should pay attention. This time, the public is watching. Summit participants will make no big decisions. Instead, the event is aimed at gathering momentum and political will in anticipation of U.N. talks on a binding climate protocol next year. Climate activists have a lot to be agitated about. The United States has...
Road Closures, Tow Zones Come Ahead Of Climate Change March
2014-09-21 04:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: A massive march against climate change was set to roll into Midtown and the Upper West Side on Sunday, and commuters will have to be ready for bumper-to-bumper delays. As CBS 2s Dave Carlin reported, the Peoples Climate Change March is expected to draw about 100,000 people. They will jam their march route as they call for more government action to help the environment. Some drivers are worried. "I think it`s going to be a nightmare, said motorist Paulo Flosi. "We are anticipating major...
'We're here for the climate march': Developing-world activists
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A few days before the elite descend on New York City for the U.N. Climate Summit, a group of grassroots activists from developing countries gathered in Manhattan's East Side to share their own stories of how climate change is impacting their communities. The one-day summit at the United Nations in New York will try to mobilise political will for a global climate deal due to be agreed in Paris in December 2015, but the people on the frontlines of the climate battle aren't too hopeful. "India's...
Science shows up in force at People's Climate March
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The People's Climate March may end up being the biggest protest to urge action to restrain global warming yet. The march in New York City on September 21 is predicted to draw more than 100,000 people, which would top the tens of thousands who showed up in Copenhagen back in 2009. But how many scientists, whether they study climate change or not, will be there? The idea of the march--first proposed by writer and activist Bill McKibben of 350.org--is intended to remind world leaders gathering in...
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Can Sunday's climate march expand the movement beyond wonky white men?
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NY Magazine: The organizers are trying very, very hard to make to the protest look more like the population. Vernell Robinson was stressed. The 51-year-old resident of the Carleton Manor public housing project in the Rockaways sat last weekend in the putty-colored community room of her building with two other local activists, Danielette Horton and Lawanda Johnson-Gainey, trying to figure out how to inspire a busload's worth of fellow low-income Rockawayers to join them for the trip into Manhattan on Sunday...
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