The buildup to the Climate March was enthusiastic. I was on one of two busses from Framingham in the Metrowest area of Massachusetts. I knew of at least another half-dozen sites throughout the region. We met people from all over the country, and saw some of the international groups who attended. We congregated as a group through the mass of four hundred thousand protesters and the hundreds of thousands of spectators along the way.
The
Daily Show did a great job covering the event, and the conservative politicians’ responses beforehand. I have to hand it to New York; they do a great job preparing for large-scale human interaction.
I am sick and tired of the right wing rhetoric denying climate change. It is just another notch on their anti-science belt. It didn’t start with politicians claiming climate change is the conspiracy. They want to build doubt into the masses about science, where the doubt should be in conservative policy.
How many people will it take to march for politicians to change their opinion on climate change? Maybe if there is no progress from climate change by next year, there should be another march organized. Let’s see if we can get more people to attend.
Frank Paine,
Author, TimeArc