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Published by , May 29th, 2008 global warming Closed

Here’s an idea the right wing loves to talk about: ‘Liberals think breathing is bad for the planet.’ This theme is apparent in Carbon Belch Day, a day of action on June 12th for participants to create as much carbon as possible.

Yup, you heard me. They’re using carbon calculators to help people figure out how to create the biggest impact. Grassfire.org is a medium sized (couple hundred thousand) grassroots conservative community that uses 501c(4) money to represent its constituents values in the media and politics. And this tactic has been pitched as: “belch to stop Al Gore.”

I don’t have a lot of comments. Check it out for yourself. Mostly, its good to know what people like this are up to.

About Morgan


Morgan is a wandering climate activist, a job well suited to the editorial board of this site. He organized at Williams College until his aprubt and unfortunate graduation in 2008. There, he was a Chinese major, student body co-president and one of the leaders of Thursday Night Group, the campus climate action group. Since graduating, in no particular order, Morgan has worked on a community energy efficiency campaign in western Mass, co-directed NH SPROG for the SSC and worked on Power Vote in Cleveland. He spent traveled in China, networking with youth climate activists and learning about the solar hot water business. He worked on Long Island for a solar and wind company doing home evaluations and sales. And he spent the better part of a year in DC at the Avaaz Action Factory causing trouble for a good cause.

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