The News-Gazette.com: C-U Greenpeace delegate going to climate-change summit
Champaign-Urbana will have a representative at the United Nations summit on climate change this week in Poland.2008 in Top Five Years for Sunspotless Days Last Century - Could End up #3 or Even 2
Drew Thomas, 24, who opened the new Greenpeace office in Urbana last May, is one of 14 Greenpeace USA organizers headed to talks sponsored by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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"The Bush administration has made it seem like Americans don't care about global warming," Thomas said.
He and other Greenpeace USA delegates want to show the international community that Americans do care.
In Champaign-Urbana and across the country, he said, average Americans are making lifestyle changes to reduce energy consumption and holding politicians accountable.
"Global warming was an issue in almost every campaign" this fall, Democrat or Republican, he said. "This is something people care about, and they're getting active."
Gas prices have dropped precipitously in recent weeks, and Thomas said there is concern consumers might lose focus on energy issues as a result. That happened after the energy crisis of the 1970s, he said.
It's a pocketbook issue for some consumers, he said, but most are just as concerned about global warming.
One of our loyal Canadian Icecap readers asked us to comment on the fact we are now at the end of November, in the top five years with the most sunspotless days the last century and heading towards a #3 or even #2 finish depending on how many spotless days we have in December.
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