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<\/a>\r\n\r\nBy Lisa W. Foderaro, NY Times, 21 September 2014,\r\n\r\nAt climate change march in New York, a clarion call for action<\/a>,\r\n \r\nParticipants from across the country began arriving early on Sunday\r\nmorning at the staging area near the American Museum of Natural\r\nHistory. Rosemary Snow, 75, stretched her legs after a nearly\r\n14-hour bus ride from Georgia.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nSnow had traveled with dozens of others who came from different\r\nparts of the state, including Valdosta, Savannah and Atlanta.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nA professor at the University of Georgia, Chris Cuomo of Decatur,\r\nGeorgia, said the group was organized by the Georgia Climate Change\r\nCoalition.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nShe said she hoped the coalition’s presence at the rally would “let\r\nthe rest of the world know that people from small-town America,\r\nurban America, rural America care about climate change.”…\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n“Our biggest problem is the financial power of the fossil fuel\r\nindustry,” said Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and author of\r\n“The End of Nature.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n“We can’t match that money,” he said. “So we have to work in the\r\ncurrency of movements — passion, spirit, creativity and bodies\r\n— and it will all be on display on Sunday.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n \r\nEstimates range from “tens of thousands”\r\nby the New York Times to this by\r\nWill Bredderman, New York Observer, 21 September 2014,\r\n\r\nHundreds of Thousands March as de Blasio Reveals Greenhouse Gas Plan<\/a>\r\n \r\nMore than 310,000 people paraded through the streets of Manhattan to\r\nforce world leaders to pay more attention to climate change, two\r\ndays ahead of a United Nations summit—and among the marchers\r\nwere Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio,\r\nwho just hours earlier unveiled a plan to slash New York City’s\r\ngreenhouse gas output by 80 percent by 2050….\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nHe said he believed that Hurricane Sandy’s devastation of many of\r\nthe city’s waterfront communities had impressed the urgency of\r\naction upon the city’s citizenry….\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n“I think for New Yorkers Sandy made it personal, made it\r\nimmediate,” the mayor said….\r\n \r\nHe argued that the protest had the potential to push the U.N. to\r\ncreate an international treaty for weaning the planet from fossil\r\nfuels—and that New York City could be the torchbearer for a\r\ncleaner-burning era.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n \r\nAnd in best use of a drone I’ve seen lately,\r\n\r\nAerial Drone Video Footage from People’s Climate March in New York City<\/a>:\r\n \r\n\r\n
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<\/a>\r\n“I thought we’d have a lot of younger people on the bus,” said Snow,\r\nwho made the trip with her grandson. “There’s a really great mix of\r\npeople.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n