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More from Conejo ValleyThe Ventura and Conejo Valley Audubon societies are sponsoring a global warming rally Saturday as part of a national grass-roots movement called Step it Up.
Based in Manchester, N.H., Step it Up is helping to organize hundreds of such rallies nationwide on Saturday, one year before the 2008 presidential election will take place.
"Step it Up is really trying to show the contrast between the concern of the ordinary citizen and the leadership vacuum in Washington," said Michael Khoo, a representative of Step it Up.
"The real focus is on getting elected federal officials to come to these rallies to see the widespread cry for more government action."
The Ventura rally will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ventura Harbor, 1900 Spinnaker Drive.
Khoo estimates that more than 40 federal officials, including Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, will attend rallies nationwide. Locally, Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett is expected to speak at the rally. Other attendees are expected to include Ojai Mayor Carol Miller and a representative from Congresswoman Lois Capps' office.
Chrystal Klabunde of the Conejo Valley Audubon Society said she has been working on a 17-foot-tall pole and maps that will demonstrate the "worst-case prediction" of rising sea levels due to global warming.
"And of course we'll have lots of banners and signs," she said.
Klabunde says she only decided to put together the rally a few weeks ago.
"I got inspired by Bill McKibben (of Step it Up) and brought the idea to the Audubon Society. Everybody got excited and jumped on the bandwagon and it's moved on quickly from there," she said.
Posted by THX1138 on November 3, 2007 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's always nice to have concerned citizens, however generally I feel it's key that they do their homework/research before taking a stand.
In regards to GW, there are opposing views and I hope the media hype isn't the driving force behind this group.
Posted by vicloorz on November 4, 2007 at 7:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
i don't generally respond to comments such as these, but THX1138 seems very sincere, so i could not resist. believe me, we've done our homework. more homework, i'm sure, than the so-called skeptics who have been duped by the media's required equal coverage of the so-called "opposing views" paid for by exxon and other "concerned" parties. please, do some homework of original sources (like 100% of the hundreds of legitimate scientific organizations who study climate change and agree that we need to make changes NOW, rather than the handful of politically-motivated and oil-funded organizations that are behind the mis-information scandal to protect corporate profit)
Posted by THX1138 on November 4, 2007 at 10:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh yes I've done quite a bit of reading on this and there would be a lot money cut-off if GW was found to be a scam. Many scientist and universities would lose there funding - many would be out of work.
The weather experts/professors that had spoke out against GW lost their jobs and their views squelched. They had shown there are holes in what Al Gore is preaching, [specifically with the sequencing of the CO2]. And, when interviewed they flat denied any connection to the oil companies. I realize they weren't attached to a lie detector; but we also haven't seen any actual proof that there is a connection to the oil industry.
There was a similar [warming] weather pattern recored in the late 30's before the industrial revolution. And, there were those that thought for sure in the 70's that we'd see another ice-age in our life-time. Neither of these events developed into anything significant.
Sure I agree there are several countries that don't do enough to be environmentally friendly, but I think mainstream media has failed to provide complete un-bias reporting. Ironically many news sources are corporate owned, [ie knbc is owned by GE].
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