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// October 27th, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News

CLIMATE CHANGE: 350 PPM Too Ambitious, Say Lawmakers

By Julio Godoy

COPENHAGEN, Oct 26 (IPS) – A future global climate change treaty must limit the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million (ppm), and not 450 ppm, the currently proposed level, Samuel Fankhauser told a meeting of pro-environment legislators from the eight most industrialised countries and emerging economies here. But they felt the goal was not feasible.

A British economist and researcher on climate change, Fankhauser said the limit he is urging is the only way to avoid the irreversible bleaching of coral in coastal areas, with all that this implies for people’s livelihoods and the environment. (more…)

Youth Roughed-Up for Speaking Out in Question Period

// October 27th, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News

Here’s an article from the CBC that will certainly interest you. Note: this was not a Power Shift Canada activity. Power Shift had a Monday lobby session and flashmob among many other fantastic actions (”…action, to get some satisfaction!”)

October 26, 2009

Protesters disrupt question period

By CBC News

A loud protest in the visitors gallery of the House of Commons has resulted in several arrests and the brief shutdown of question period.

A loud protest in the visitors gallery of the House of Commons resulted in several arrests and the brief shutdown of question period on Monday.

Around 200 young protesters chanted slogans to support Bill C-311, an NDP private member’s bill on climate change. Six people were reported to have been detained.

The protesters yelled, “I say 311; you say ‘Sign it’.”

Parliamentary security guards eventually cleared the public gallery by removing the demonstrators in small groups.

With his face still covered in blood, environmental activist Jeh Custer told CBC’s Power & Politics that once he was removed from the gallery he was taken to a stairwell by bodyguards and roughed up. (more…)

C-Day: Fill the Hill Photos

// October 25th, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News, Multimedia

For a slideshow of photos that capture the day click the following:

Fill the Hill Photos by Milan Ilynckyj

Fill The Hill Photos by aweir_22 on flickr

Fill The Hill Photos by MISTER_BLACK on flickr

Fill The Hill Photos from EcoSanity.org on flickr

Photo by (NDP) Paul Dewar on flickr

Photo by Peter Dudley from 350.org on flickr

C-Day Broadcast Coverage

// October 25th, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News

C-Day: Fill the Hill brought out thousands to Parliament Hill to call for a fair, binding and ambitious treaty on climate change. The following is a sample of some of the broadcast coverage of C-Day and global 350.org events that day.

International Call to Action
CBC

Canadians join international day of action against climate change
Global TV

Day of action urges leaders to stop climate change
CTV

15,000 March in Addis Ababa

// October 23rd, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News

Today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, more than 15,000 young people marched to call for 350. Here’s part of an email from one of the lead organizers of the action, Tinebeb Yohannes:

One of the biggest events with over 15,000 participants for Climate Action took place at Yekatit 12 Martyrs Square at Sidit Kilo, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event began with a procreation of marching band, the Ethiopian Police Federation, followed by students from more than 15 primary and secondary school in the city. After a welcome speech by our own 350 representative (Lily) an opening speech was made by the representative of H.E. Green Hero Girma Woldegiorgis, President of the F.D.R.E, Ato Assefa Kesito, followed by a brief presentation on climate change and its impact by Mrs Akille Assefa from the Ethiopian National Metrological Services Agency.

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