Tens of Thousands of Canadians Demonstrate Calling for Action on Global
Warming
Rallies in 240 cities across Canada, 5,248 rallies across 181 countries in world's largest coordinated political protest in history
"Earlier this week Environment Minister Prentice said he was not planning to put hard limits on global warming pollution for all industries and that there would be no agreement at the UN climate summit," said Tzeporah Berman, Executive Director of PowerUP
"We are running out of time," said
The protests were part of global effort that organizers are now saying is "the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history."
"In some sense, the global warming movement finally went global yesterday," said 350.org co-founder and well-known author Bill McKibben. "There were thousands of people in the streets from
The events all centered on the number 350, which scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Around the shore of the Dead Sea Israeli activists made a giant 3, Palestinians a huge 5, and Jordanians a 0. In
Highlights across the country details included hundreds hugging the Whitehorse legislature while Eastern and Western coastal communities formed human tidelines to show how rising sea levels will reconfigure the landscape on which people live - and in some places submerging their homes altogether.
"Canadians and especially Canada's youth are feeling betrayed by
For further information: For a complete list of events or to obtain photos see www.350.org or call: Joanna Dafoe, 350.org, (416) 985-7558; Tzeporah Berman, PowerUP Canada, (604) 313-4713; Hannah McKinnon, Climate Action Network, (613) 276-7791
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