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50 activists, Greenpeace USA chief, arrested in global warming protest
27 September 2007
Protester getting pulled away by the police at a global warming rally outside the U.S. State Department.
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They were out in full force calling upon the US to sign the Kyoto protocol, and to protest President Bush's diversion of effort: a polluter's summit he called for representatives of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan,
Canada, India, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Australia,
Indonesia and South Africa.
What's the goal of this meeting? To persuade other countries to undermine the United Nations negotiations and substitute real, binding measures with voluntary pledges.
Join Kyoto
If George Bush was serious about solving global warming, he would join with 175 other countries, and sign the Kyoto Protocol.
The countries meeting in Washington account for over 90% of emissions worldwide. Real action by those gathered in Washington could deliver massive cuts in emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. But this would require binding, mandatory targets for industrialized countries, which the US rejects.
The Big Emitters meeting is a distraction from the valuable and constructive work within the United Nations leading up to the climate talks in Bali, Indonesia. What the world needs is a strengthened Kyoto Protocol and a "little less conversation, and a little more action."
What's the goal of this meeting? To persuade other countries to undermine the United Nations negotiations and substitute real, binding measures with voluntary pledges.
 Greenpeace Executive Director John Passacantando is arrested in front of the State Department |
If George Bush was serious about solving global warming, he would join with 175 other countries, and sign the Kyoto Protocol.
The countries meeting in Washington account for over 90% of emissions worldwide. Real action by those gathered in Washington could deliver massive cuts in emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. But this would require binding, mandatory targets for industrialized countries, which the US rejects.
The Big Emitters meeting is a distraction from the valuable and constructive work within the United Nations leading up to the climate talks in Bali, Indonesia. What the world needs is a strengthened Kyoto Protocol and a "little less conversation, and a little more action."
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