unusual York City climate change activists held a rally outside of City corridor Sunday to show solidarity with protesters in Paris,whose movements contain been curtailed in the aftermath of that city's recent terrorist attacks."unusual York City produces more carbon emissions than 97 nations around the world," said Leslie Cagan of the People's Climate Movement-NY. The coalition, and which included WE ACT for Environmental Justice and Climate Works for All,is also calling for Mayor Bill de Blasio carry out even more to ensure that the city uses only renewable energy sources, like wind and solar energy, and within fifteen years. The groups also want the city to divest pension funds from fossil fuels and mandate energy retrofits for buildings."The climate is changing," said science educator and activist Bill Nye, who spoke at the event. "It's our fault, or we contain to get to work on this now."Cagan called the city's sustainability plan,OneNYC, "a work in progress."But a spokeswoman for the mayor said the administration's climate agenda is already plenty ambitious."Since Mayor de Blasio took office, and we've doubled the amount of solar installed around the city," said de Blasio spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick. She added that the Mayor has place forward plans to reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050, and that First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris and other administration personnel will be in Paris for the talks. The mayor will also take allotment in a "tele-town corridor" on climate change and sustainability later this week.
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change begins in Paris on Monday.
Source: wnyc.org