This November 3rd has been declared the National Day of Climate Action in a campaign organized by Step It Up, which is a small team based in New Hampshire. Hundreds of local actions are being encouraged and posted on their central site so you can fine one near you.
Around the Triangle there are two events. One in Carrboro at the Town Commons from 2-4 pm and another in Raleigh at Blue Jay Point County Park from 12-2 pm. So it's possible to attend both.
While I think it's vital to do everything we can to reduce CO2 emissions, I worry sometimes that this is taking some of the limelight away from the many other pollutants that are the result of our high reliance on petroleum. It also seems to drive some people to conclude that Nuclear is the answer (but don't get me started on that). Basically, and I say this as someone who worked with the oil industry for many years, oil is completely poisonous. The many byproducts and pollutants have permeated our lives over the past 60+ years that we've been growing wildly. And people wonder why cancers, asthma and so many other illnesses increased over that period. Well, I had my little rant so now let's go out and cut some carbon emissions.
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