Sprinting across the puddle laden lawn of the National Mall? Easier said than done, especially when one is carrying eight 5′ artificial bodies sporting a very important message: CO2 Kills.
The normally picturesque reflecting pool on the National Mall was witness to a grisly scene today, as we floated fake corpses face-down in the shallow water. A water-borne banner reading “Obama, Climate Change Kills / Earn Your Prize in Copenhagen” floated amongst the bodies, symbolic of the 300,000+ annual climate-related deaths estimated by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s think tank.
CO2 Kills-Obama Earn Your Prize
The mass of bodies was nothing short of what appeared to be a devastating climate change induced crime scene.
The United States is posturing to take on more global responsibility with Obama now attending the final days of the Copenhagen climate talks [instead of just when it's convenient to also receive a Nobel Peace Prize]. While the conventional wisdom leading up to Copenhagen suggested that this climate conference was doomed to failure, Obama’s change in travel plans shed a new light on the potential for greater success.
As David Roberts with Grist commented, “Coming to Copenhagen at the climax of the talks, specifically to push negotiations “over the top,” as the White House statement says, is a risky move for Obama. He’s got skin in the game now; he’ll look foolish if he rides in at the last minute and fails to broker an agreement.”
Nobel Peace Prize Send Off at the Reflecting Pool
The move was attributed to recent climate commitments from China and India, and signals that a Real Deal is a possible outcome of the conference.
Unlike the casualties of climate change in the reflecting pool today, the treaty negotiations in Copenhagen are very much alive.
300 000 die from “climate change”
millions of people die this yr because of rising food costs due to farmers switching to biofuel from food.
amazing the storys that get printed when theres money involved
kevin,
I’m not sure quite sure what you are trying to imply. It seems that you are suggesting that climate change advocates are to blame for the biofuel debacle.
I agree with you, it is shame that we even consider turning our food into fuel. However, alternative energy advocates are not to blame. For the most part, the corn lobby is behind the push for biofuels. Almost all climate advocates have oppossed biofuels from the beginning or have eventually come around to declare them to be rediculous.
In fact, our energy and food issues are quite similiar. It is a shame that anyone in the United States or the world dies from starvation. We have enough food to go around, it is just distributed unevenly. At the same time, it is a shame that anyone should die from the effects of climate change. We have the resources and technology to provide the world with clean, just and sustainable energy, it is just that our resources and priorities are divided unevenly.