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Posted on September 23, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Climate activists call for a 350 parts per million cap on CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere.

Activists rally to cap atmospheric CO2 and to push for a move away from fossil fuels

By Summit Voice

SUMMIT COUNTY — Climate activists around the country will rally for the annual Day of Action this Saturday, Sept. 24, with Colorado events to include a 37-mile bike ride from Boulder to Denver to highlight the need for local and national solutions to climate change. Visit the Moving Planet website for more information.

Participants will start at Boulder’s Municipal Building at 8 a.n. with a celebration of the city’s efforts to move to clean local energy and finish with a Moving Planet Party and Green Fair at the State Capitol in Denver from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with sponsor and partner booths, live music, and inspirational speakers. Details on Colorado events are online at 350Colorado.org.

The bike ride will stop to rally at various “fossil fuel action stations” along the way – coal plants, a tar sands oil refinery, and corporate headquarters — to call for a transition to a clean energy future and show support for a U.S. Highway 36 bikeway between Boulder and Denver so cyclists can commute fossil-free.

Other events in Colorado are planned for Durango, Aurora, Paonia, Telluride, Canon City, Montrose, Estes Park and Gunnison. World-wide, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate by moving their bodies towards solutions to climate change in nearly 2,000 events across the globe. Information on regional, national and international actions is online at 350.org. Using all methods of fossil fuel free transportation, with bicycle rides ranging from 5 minutes to 350 hours, grassroots climate activists across the world on September 24 will call for a fossil fuel-free world and solutions to climate change at all levels of government.

Filed under: climate and weather, Environment, global warming, Summit County news Tagged: | 350 ppm, climate change, Climate Day of Action, Colorado, Denver, environmen, global warming, Moving Planet, Summit County News

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