Creating a Climate of Change - StepItUp2007 Rally April 14, 2007

CITIZENS TO CALL FOR REGION TO “STEP IT UP!” ON GLOBAL WARMING
Local officials, business leaders, conservation groups plan “Creating a Climate of Change” rally to call for 2% annual reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Sierra Club activists and area residents will participate in a nation-wide day of action to call for local solutions to Global Warming. People from all walks of life will gather in Arlington’s Gateway Park to ask local and state government officials to “Step It Up” and cut carbon dioxide emissions 2% per year for the next 40 years—a total of 80% reductions by 2050.

Festivities to include music mixed by Patchwerk, juggling, free compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Speakers to include:
• Paul Ferguson, Arlington County Board Chairman;
• Phil Mendelson, Washington, D.C. City Councilmember
• Lisa Renstrom, President, Sierra Club
• Scott Sklar, President of The Stella Group, Ltd.;
• Martin Ogle, advocate for energy efficiency and conservation.
• Miles Grant, board member, Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
• Wendy Rieger, NBC4 Going Green Reporter

WHERE: Gateway Park, Arlington, Virginia
Rally participants are encouraged to bike, walk, or take Metro. Gateway Park is less than ½ mile from the Rosslyn Metro Station on the Orange Line, at the intersection of Lee Highway and Fort Myer Drive, next to the Custis Bike Trail. Directions and link to map at www.sierraclub.org/metrodc.

VISUALS: Large crowd of people holding colorful signs calling for action on Global Warming solutions.

BACKGROUND:
Sponsored by the Sierra Club, Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, Martin Ogle, and Arlington Coalition for Sensible Transportation, Coalition for Smarter Growth, with promotional support by 94.7 The Globe, this rally is part of a nation-wide effort to raise the stakes on the issue of global warming. Across the country, there will be over 800 similar events, where people will gather at iconic places that will be affected by global warming, if action is not taken soon by government officials. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in order to slow and eventually stop Global Warming the country needs to reduce its Carbon Dioxide emissions 2% per year for the next 40 years, or 80% by 2050.

View this in PDF format: http://www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl/advisory-Step-It-Up-Arlington-VA.pdf

Official Website: http://www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl/calendar/e093.html