Cut The Carbon
Matthew Banning | 17.09.2007 12:59 | Climate Chaos
As it turned out though, there was no such fascism present here – the mayor and head of the church diocese gave their speeches, calling for increases in planned carbon reductions from 60% to 80%, and demanding that corporations be forced to display publicly their greenhouse gas emissions, and Christian Aid marchers [many who turned out to not be of faith] mingled with the crowd and seemed quite happy with the diversity of messages. Likewise, Greenpeace canvassed the crowd to sign their ‘light brigade’ pledge to outlaw inefficient bulbs. The rally was actually very brief, with some local press snapping away and a circle of attentive crowd, but although some of us BANners would call for heavier commitments to combat planetary rape, some constructive debate was had, and we all seem to be facing the same foe – that one being corporations and big government.
Cut The Carbon left Bath this morning at 8.30am for Trowbridge, and I guess the saga continues.
Matthew Banning
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