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14, Boston Common, 2pm (and earlier in your neighborhood)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">“To
me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and
war…I’m more worried about global warming than I am of any major military
conflict.” </SPAN></P>
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Weapons Inspector Hans Blix<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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need to reduce our carbon emissions and we need to start today. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Join
with other Boston area residents on April 14 on the Boston Common for
the One Earth, One Climate Rally to demand that Congress reduce carbon emissions
80% by 2050. One Earth, One Climate is part of Step It Up a nationwide campaign
with more than 1,000 rallies taking place in all 50 states.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Dozens
of events will be held in the greater Boston area, with neighborhood events
in the morning and culminating in the <SPAN
class=246503120-11042007>2pm</SPAN> One Earth, One Climate Rally<SPAN
class=246503120-11042007> on the Boston Common</SPAN>.</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">As part
of the rally, children and adults will form a human chain across Boston
Common to mark what may become Boston's future waterfront, if polar and glacial
melting continues unchecked. The One Earth, One Climate Rally will attract
students from dozens of schools around greater Boston, as well as college
students from campuses throughout the area. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Live
music will be performed by The Chad Hollister Band and the
Boston-based Inspirational Freedom Choir, and young people will help
perform an original song written for the occasion. Remarks will
be provided by community activists, youth leaders and climate change
experts, including Union of Concerned Scientists President Kevin Knobloch,
author Ross Gelbspan and Paul Epstein, M.D., of Harvard Medical School's Center
for Health and the Global Environment. Political leaders Congressional
Representative Ed Markey and Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo will also speak.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">“The
groundswell of support for this effort is incredible.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is truly a grassroots movement,
organized mainly through word of mouth, email outreach among friends, and the
online community.” said author and Step it Up founder, Bill McKibben. “The
enormous participation in today’s movement is a wake-up call to legislators from
across the country.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their
constituents are urgently demanding that America get on the path towards
reducing carbon emissions before it is too late.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
event is<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>sponsored by the
Boston Climate Action Network, Step It Up Boston, Union of Concerned Scientists
and Urban Ecology Institute with financial support from<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>Westfield Capital Management Company
and Rhythm and Muse Bookstore in Jamaica Plain. Rally cosponsors include the
Appalachian Mountain Club, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Clean Water
Action, Conservation Law Foundation, Energy Consumers Alliance of New England,
Environment Massachusetts (MASSPIRG), Environmental League of Massachusetts,
HighMark Land Design, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Climate
Action Network, MIT Share a Vital Earth (SAVE), New England Aquarium, and
Somerville Climate Action.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For more
information (and details of neighborhood events), visit <A
href="http://www.stepitupboston.com/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">www.stepitupboston.com</SPAN></A> and <A
href="http://www.stepitup2007.org/">www.stepitup2007.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><STRONG>How to Stop the Planet From Burning</STRONG></P>
<P>We know that climate change is happening. We know that it could, if the worst
predictions come true, destroy the conditions which make human life possible.
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<P>Only one question is now worth asking: <STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>CAN IT BE
STOPPED?</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P>In <STRONG><A
href="http://southendpress.org/2007/items/87798">HEAT</A></STRONG>, George
Monbiot shows it can.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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