Scenes from NYC's Climate March
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Accompanied by drumbeats, wearing costumes and carrying signs, thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Manhattan on Sunday to urge policy makers to take action on climate change. The march came two days before the United Nations Climate Summit. It also coincided with New York's annual climate week. Here is a sampling of some of the folks who turned out on Sunday:
Comments [4]
Re lack of coverage....today, Monday, the Ed Schultz show on msnbc opened with this very question....is the main media asleep covering the climate march? Says text the show your answers. At least the NYT has lots of reader comments to its front page article.
What's needed is TV coverage with wide shots from a helicopter or building roof, give the public at home an idea of the immense scope of this crowd. At the start they covered from w. 86 st to 59th....over 300,000, some say 400 ,000. One of the biggest if not the biggest in NY history. If took many hours for the marchers to all reach the end.
If main media doesn't give this adequate exposure, that in itself should be the next talk topic on wnyc shows...like Brian Lehrer, etc. Follow the money? Trace this back.
How can so many people claim to be environmentalists yet ignore the #1 cause of greenhouse gases. Want a hint?
It says mooo and farts a whole lot. That's right! Animal agriculture (to be more inclusive) is responsible for 51% of greenhouse gases.
Try going entirely plant based just one day a week. Not too hard to do and it could have a huge impact.
The solution isn't someonelses job to do, It's up to each and everyone of us.
30,000- 50,000 would be closer to the mark. The usual group of hypocrites. Gore and Decaprio own yachts, mansion and jets that emit more carbon than a small village.
I have been looking for coverage of this event. I'm appalled at the lack of live coverage, in TV, as well as radio or printed news. I think you guys are so lame, where are we? in China, Russia? this is such an important congregation! I expected more, I want to see live coverage with interviews, pictures and information about what's going on, not just in NY but all over the world.
Leave a Comment
Email addresses are required but never displayed.