TCK….TCK…TCK…..CLIMATE EMERGENCY! • 11.30.09
TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA: “LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING IN COPENHAGEN – STAND UP TO CLIMATE-COOKING COAL CORPORATIONS!”
Please join us in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at 3pm on the corner of 3rd St & 5th Ave – Sunday, Dec 6th to pledge our community’s support for climate change legislation that follows the demands of The EARTH, not big business.
- We’ll gather dozens of ice globes made by YOU and your neighbors (click here to find out how!) and display them by candlelight as the sun sets
- Pledge cards will be on hand so you can send a personal message to the President that now is the time to save our planet
- Local environmental activists and climate change experts will be there to answer your questions and talk about what’s next in the climate protection movement
During his election campaign, Barack Obama promised to “restore science” to the fight against global warming.
But on November 25 the president proposed an emissions reductions target of just 17% below 2005 levels by 2020. However, this is just a tiny fraction of what scientists say is needed.* Now, as Obama plans for his Dec 9 visit to Copenhagen, it’s time for us to let him know we expect this country to join the European Union and Japan in fighting global warming with an ambitious emission reduction target.
Why only a 17% target? Obama’s announcement proposes the same inadequate emissions reduction being considered by Congress – which is heavily influenced by Big Coal and Big Oil. The U.S. commitment must be based on what needs to be done to protect future generations and not on climate-cooking coal companies.
The US is responsible for 30% of the global warming pollution in our atmosphere today. Yet we are just 5% of the world’s population. The U.S. coal industry alone emits almost as much global warming pollution –8%– than India and Africa combined – that’s 2.3 billion people! We in the U.S. must take responsibility for our pollution.
Come to 3rd Street and 5th Avenue on December 6th, bring your ice globe, and take a stand for our future! Email iceglobes@gpbk.org to tell us how many you’re bringing or if you have any questions. Call 718 369 2998 to get involved!
ORGANIZED BY PARK SLOPE GREENS, PARENTS FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION, IN COLLABORATION WITH NYC SIERRA CLUB, 1SKY AND 350.ORG
*To avoid catastrophic climate change, science calls for the United States and the developed world to cut pollution by at least 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95 percent by 2050.
