New York climate march draws hundreds of thousands

[jimmy olsen]

And yet nothing will change.

http://news.yahoo.com/massive-york-march-aims-focus-worlds-eyes-climate-111853341.html;_ylt=AwrTWf11ax9U5XYAcB_QtDMD

New York climate march draws hundreds of thousands
By Barbara Goldberg and Natasja Sheriff 8 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An international day of action on climate change brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of New York City on Sunday, easily exceeding organizers' hopes for the largest protest on the issue in history.

Organizers estimated that some 310,000 people, including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and elected officials from the United States and abroad joined the People's Climate March, ahead of Tuesday's United Nations hosted summit in the city to discuss reducing carbon emissions that threaten the environment.

The New York rally, the largest single protest ever held on the topic of climate change, followed similar events in 166 countries including Britain, France, Afghanistan and Bulgaria.

"The march numbers are beating our wildest expectations," said Ricken Patel, executive director of activist group Avaaz, which organized the march. "In 2,500 marches from Paris to Bogota, we've blown past expected numbers. Climate change is not a green issue anymore, it's an everybody issue."

A crowd, including U.S. senators Bernard Sanders, an independent from Vermont and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, marched along the city's Central Park, through midtown Manhattan to Times Square, where they stopped for a moment of silence at 12:58 p.m. (1658 GMT).

Ban, wearing a T-shirt that read "I'm for climate action" marched arm-in-arm with British primatologist Jane Goodall and French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal.

"This is the planet where our subsequent generations will live," Ban told reporters. "There is no 'Plan B,' because we do not have 'Planet B.'"

The march resounding with drums, horns and chants that had echoed off skyscrapers easily dwarfed the raucous 2009 demonstration on climate change in Copenhagen, which drew tens of thousands of people resulted in the detention of 2,000 protesters.

A New York Police Department spokeswoman said there had been no arrests reported as of 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT) and declined to comment on the size of the crowd.

Organizers said another 270,000 people had participated in related events outside New York.

The march comes days after the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that August 2014 was the warmest on record, some 1.35 degrees Fahrenheit (0.75 C) above the 20th century global average of 60.1 F (15.6 C).

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday unveiled a new plan for the city to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050.

All 3,000 major city-owned buildings would be retrofitted with energy saving heating, cooling and light systems by then, he said, though meeting the commitment will also require significant investments by private landlords.

DiCaprio marched towards the front of the group, with members of an Ecuadorean tribe who have fought a years-long legal battle with Chevron Corp over Amazon pollution.

"This is the most important issue of our time," DiCaprio said. "I'm incredibly proud to be here."

(Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations and Kylie MacLellan in London; Editing by Scott Malone, Bill Trott, William Hardy, Diane Craft and Marguerita Choy)

[11B4V]

And yet nothing will change.

Sure it will Tim. Next year I'll be adding an Edelbrock fuel injection system to the Mirada. If I like it, I may add one to the R/T. That will leave only one carbureted vehicle in the stable. 

[The Brain]

Jane Goodall

[Tamas]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

[Valmy]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

I hope not.  That is the kind of irrational puritanical nonsense that makes the environmental movement loathsome.  We are all not going to go live in caves and wear clothes handspun from the fibers of fallen leaves.

[derspiess]

Jane Goodall

[derspiess]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

Did you see the pictures of the mess they left behind?  The pile of discarded Starbucks cups alone was epic.

[Valmy]

If this march had happened in 1980 those would have been ozone destroying Styrofoam cups.  See?  Progress and sustainability.

[Syt]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

Did you see the pictures of the mess they left behind?  The pile of discarded Starbucks cups alone was epic.

After champagne socialists now latte macchiato environmentalists?

[Savonarola]

Progress and sustainability.

And I'm out to get it. 
I know some of you ain't with it...

After champagne socialists now latte macchiato environmentalists?

Word from the honorable Howard Shultz,
Know who you are to be green, BOY!

[Admiral Yi]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday unveiled a new plan for the city to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050.

What's the rush Bill? 

[Duque de Bragança]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

Did you see the pictures of the mess they left behind?  The pile of discarded Starbucks cups alone was epic.

After champagne socialists now latte macchiato environmentalists?

Real champagne socialists?

[derspiess]

Sparkling wine Social Democrats

[mongers]

Were they marching without wearing or using products made from materials or with procedures affecting the climate?

I hope not.  That is the kind of irrational puritanical nonsense that makes the environmental movement loathsome.  We are all not going to go live in caves and wear clothes handspun from the fibers of fallen leaves.

Though I must say there's enough straw in this post to make a good start at traditional cob house. 

[Valmy]

Though I must say there's enough straw in this post to make a good start at traditional cob house. 

I don't think so.  It just drives me nuts when they go out and protest nuke plants and wind farms and all that.  Um the alternative is burn coal.  Environmentalists are not great allies to those of us who devote our lives to sustainable energy, which I find frustrating.