Comments on: Hundreds of Boulderites, aware of our peril, rally for “Day of Climate Action”

By: Micah Parkin

Micah Parkin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:10:05 +0000

Boulder 350 Call to Action – email micah@1sky.org to sign on)
I am ready for an ambitious, fair, and binding global climate treaty. I call on world leaders to pass climate policies grounded in the latest science and strong enough to get us back to 350ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere.
•I pledge to reduce my personal carbon emissions by at least 10% by 2010, and I call on our City, State and Federal leaders to take meaningful action to decarbonize our country and transition to a clean energy economy.
•I urge local policy-makers to shift as quickly as possible from carbon-intensive coal burning to clean renewable energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal power, with a local goal of at least 30% more renewable energy by 2012.
•I want a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants and to begin retiring old plants now.
•I urge Colorado's Congressional delegation to pass the strongest possible climate and clean energy legislation this fall, and I urge President Obama to lead the world toward science-based climate solutions at the UN International Climate Talks in Copenhagen this December.
Sincerely,

By: Micah Parkin

Micah Parkin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:08:38 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out on Oct. 24th to call for bold action from our leaders at all levels of government to deal with the climate crisis we're facing. If you couldn't make it to the Boulder 350 Rally or you didn't get a chance to sign our 350 Call to Action, you can still sign on by contacting me – micah@1sky.org. I'll paste the Call to Action language in a new comment below. Many thanks, Micah

By: Bob Wells

Bob Wells — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:27:33 +0000

Thank you for these lovely and inspiring pictures. They're a huge addition to the story, especially since we had no photos of the exciting action at the Xcel Energy power plant. Great stuff!

By: dgrinbergs

dgrinbergs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:27:15 +0000

Some AM Power Past Coal bike ride to Valmont coal plant and PM downtown rally photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18767293@N00/sets/72...