Hundreds
of thousands of people worldwide attend the People’s Climate March
Cape
Canaveral, Fl., September 24th, 2014 – Joining more than 400,000
people in midtown Manhattan alone, and hundreds of thousands worldwide, John
Porter, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Clean Footprint, attended the
People’s Climate March on Sunday in New York City.
"Being part of the Climate March in
NYC was invigorating! The huge turnout of very motivated people gives me hope
that our political leaders will get the message and take some serious action.
This might take the form of a carbon tax, permanent solar tax credits, removal
of tax breaks for fossil fuels and someday the total phase out of the burning
of fossil fuels. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the climate
march which reminds me that the civil rights movement, clean water act and the
clean air act all started with these types of marches," said Porter.
Dubbed on Twitter, #CLIMATE2014, activists
mobilized in cities across the globe last Sunday to march against climate
change. New York was host to one of the largest rallies.
As demonstrators made their way down Sixth
Avenue during the People’s Climate March, Porter had this to say, ”This event,
with over 2,700 venues in more than 150 countries is perhaps the largest
climate change protest in history – and an important one. This summit is
historic because the fight against climate change is about the people who are
standing up in our communities to organize, to build power, and to shift power
for the good of our planet.”
Around the world, celebrities, political
leaders, and tens of thousands of people attended the marches against climate
change. French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius, primatologist Jane Goodall, former US Vice President Al Gore, New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon participated in the
People's Climate March in New York.
“Clean Footprint supports a clean energy economy
that allows for clean air and water, a world safe from the ravages of climate
change, and one that promotes good jobs and healthy communities,” added Porter.
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