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Hundreds turn out for “Power Past Coal” bike ride in Boulder
Hundreds of folks turned out this weekend on their bikes and rode from downtwon Boulder to the Valmont coal plant as part of the “Power Past Coal” rally.
The event was one of more than 4,500 organized across the world as part of the 350.org global campaign.
Eric Robbins rode to Boulder’s Central Park on Saturday with a battery-powered amplifier strapped to the back of his Schwinn bicycle. The Beatles’ song “All You Need Is Love” blared from his speaker into a crowd of more than 200 cyclists busy chanting “power beyond coal.”
“We need to put an end to coal and promote the use of renewable energy,” Robbins said, preparing to ride to the Valmont power plant in east Boulder to raise awareness of global climate change and voice support for the plant’s closing. “It would be nice if this plant became a wind farm or a solar installation.”
Robbins, a freshman at the University of Colorado, was a participant in Saturday’s International Day of Climate Action. The bike ride in Boulder was one of more than 4,500 similar events occurring across the globe. Activists called on local governments, state and national leaders to promote renewable energy and secure a strong energy agreement among nations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December.
The protest in Boulder was coordinated by 350.org, an international organization whose goal is to reduce the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. Their name refers to 350 parts per million, which is the level some scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere.
“We’re calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce emission levels to 350 parts per million,” said Micah Parkin, an organizer of the Boulder event. “We’re nearly at 390 parts per million right now, so there’s a lot of work left to do.”
Read the full story at DailyCamera.com, or read more about 350.org on BigGreenBoulder.
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