RIP Kyoto
If there is one thing you should do in life, it’s march on the American Embassy.
Last night, the Other Half and I joined about 300 people to walk through the streets of London to mourn the re-election of Dubbya Bush and what it means to our environment.
We were supposed to be dressed for the funeral of the Kyoto agreement – something the US has steadfastly refused to sign – but many people were in costume and carrying bright lanterns.
There was a Statue of Liberty wearing a gas mask, holding a ruined copy of the agreement, an Uncle Sam, everyone carrying placards with various ways of comparing Bush to the devil.
Two bicycle-powered soundsystems rode along with the march, amplifying musicians singing and playing guitar as we passed through The Strand, Trafalgar Square, Picadilly and on to Grosvenor Square.
As we passed the traffic jams I saw a fella in a gas-guzzling Range Rover looking a bit guilty!
Some of the anti-E$$O Greenpeacers wore their tiger suits and, as we passed Exxon HQ, four lads in white coats pretending to be E$$O independent scientists shouted ‘abuse’ at the passing column of people. ‘There is no such thing as climate change,’ they said while celebrating another four years of unhindered fossil fuel exploitation.
It was fun as well as serious. The march was organised by Campaign against Climate Change, which is a one-man band. You can meet him on Mondays as he protests outside the American Embassy weekly.
Whether or not the message got through to the US, and lets face it, it’s unlikely, at least there are people out there who are taking this seriously.
Our own chief scientist has warned climate change is the biggest threat to the world, bigger than anything Osama bin Laden and his cronies can throw at us, and yet the US continues to pour its energies into empire building and dumbing down the masses.
From CACC website (please go there to get the full picture):
Some Facts About the U.S.
The US is responsible for about one quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, with only about 4% of world population. Since 1990 emissions in the US have increased by 20% while experts warn that industrialized nations must reduce their CO2 emmisions by 60% by the middle of this century. Furthermore, while other countries are working to reduce their emissions, Bush's energy plan ensures that US emissions will continue to rise
Last night, the Other Half and I joined about 300 people to walk through the streets of London to mourn the re-election of Dubbya Bush and what it means to our environment.
We were supposed to be dressed for the funeral of the Kyoto agreement – something the US has steadfastly refused to sign – but many people were in costume and carrying bright lanterns.
There was a Statue of Liberty wearing a gas mask, holding a ruined copy of the agreement, an Uncle Sam, everyone carrying placards with various ways of comparing Bush to the devil.
Two bicycle-powered soundsystems rode along with the march, amplifying musicians singing and playing guitar as we passed through The Strand, Trafalgar Square, Picadilly and on to Grosvenor Square.
As we passed the traffic jams I saw a fella in a gas-guzzling Range Rover looking a bit guilty!
Some of the anti-E$$O Greenpeacers wore their tiger suits and, as we passed Exxon HQ, four lads in white coats pretending to be E$$O independent scientists shouted ‘abuse’ at the passing column of people. ‘There is no such thing as climate change,’ they said while celebrating another four years of unhindered fossil fuel exploitation.
It was fun as well as serious. The march was organised by Campaign against Climate Change, which is a one-man band. You can meet him on Mondays as he protests outside the American Embassy weekly.
Whether or not the message got through to the US, and lets face it, it’s unlikely, at least there are people out there who are taking this seriously.
Our own chief scientist has warned climate change is the biggest threat to the world, bigger than anything Osama bin Laden and his cronies can throw at us, and yet the US continues to pour its energies into empire building and dumbing down the masses.
From CACC website (please go there to get the full picture):
Some Facts About the U.S.
The US is responsible for about one quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, with only about 4% of world population. Since 1990 emissions in the US have increased by 20% while experts warn that industrialized nations must reduce their CO2 emmisions by 60% by the middle of this century. Furthermore, while other countries are working to reduce their emissions, Bush's energy plan ensures that US emissions will continue to rise
posted by The WyeBird @ 9:22 am
1 Comments:
At 6:06 pm,
Anonymous said…
Why has the pollution in the KYOTO nations in EU increased? What empire has been added to the US other than the land to bury her soldiers on? Do you know what CO2 is and what it would take to reduce it below 0.4%?
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