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Schwarzenegger Convenes Summit of Regional Leaders on Climate Change

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 11/21/08, 8:32am

A few days ago we posted some exciting news about Barack Obama's video statement about his plan to take on climate change and re-engage the United States "vigorously" in the UN climate negotiations. This video statement was aired at the Governor's Climate Summit, a two-day event hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as several other state governors from around the United States, and around the world. After Obama's strong statement (which may well have been the most exciting part), the rest of the summit dealt with bringing together subnational leaders to develop and commit to a new alliance to reduce emissions together. The event was largely symbolic, a beginning demosntration of the participants' intention to work together in the future.

Nevertheless, there were numerous heartening stories from the various governors around the world. In the province of Aceh in Indonesia, which was battered by the Tsunami in 2004, Governor Irwandi is leading the charge with his "Aceh Green" program...

 
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Songs for 350 from the Arctic Circle

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 11/20/08, 12:29pm

Today we're excited to announce that a new band from the Arctic Circle in Norway, Arctic Queen, launches their 350 cd - read musician John John's words below about the project, and visit to download a free copy, and pass along the word to friends.

The Arctic Queen is as much a brand as a band - means that we want to use the brand Arctic Queen to better the world, and do something about climate change - we want to use the AQ brand to save the ice in the Arctic, through music, films, and books.

We are going to fight to save the arctic ice - the thermometer for all the climate in the world. 350 is our number - the only one who is going to get us there! Help us please. Please go to www.arcticqueen.no and download your free copy of the San Francisco 350 album.

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Obama Commits the U.S. to Climate Action!

May Boeve
Posted by May Boeve - 11/18/08, 1:33pm

We did it!

We've all been working hard to urge the next U.S. President to re-enage the United States with the rest of the world. 50,000 of you have sent invitations urging the President-elect to show that after eight years of inaction, we are ready to work with other countries to stop climate change.

Today, in an address delivered at the Governor's Climate Summit, President-elect Obama made the following statement:

"Let me also say a special word to the delegates from around the world who will gather in Poland next month: your work is vital to the planet. While I won’t be President at the time of your meeting and while the United States has only one President at a time, I’ve asked Members of Congress who are attending the conference as observers to report back to me on what they learn there."

Bill McKibben, environmental author and 350.org founder, has the following response:

"After sending President-elect Obama nearly 50,000 invitations to join the world in the fight against climate change, we're excited to see that he's done just that. With his video address this morning, he re-engaged the United States in the international climate process that we've shamefully ignored for the last eight years.

Obama is the first American president who seems really willing to engage reality on this front, and reality comes with a number now: 350, the safe upper limit for C02 in the atmosphere in parts per million. Now that he's re-committed the U.S. to the international process, we hope President-elect Obama will help steer it towards this important 350 target.

It's true that we wanted Obama to go to Poland in person, but it's nice that he's pioneering low-carbon ways to communicate with the rest of the world. A President who's worried about his carbon footprint is something we support."

 
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