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350 Protests In New York City: Thousands March Across Brooklyn Bridge

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:25 PM ET

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With the focus on bringing carbon dioxide levels down from 385 parts per million (and rising) to 350 ppm -- the level scientists have deemed safe as the upper limit in the atmosphere -- New Yorkers took to the streets to take part in 350.org's International Day of Climate Action.

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to Times Square was one of 5,200 events that took place around the world on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The Huffington Post's citizen journalism unit was there and filmed the rainy-day event:



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With the focus on bringing carbon dioxide levels down from 385 parts per million (and rising) to 350 ppm -- the level scientists have deemed safe as the upper limit in the atmosphere -- New Yorkers to...
With the focus on bringing carbon dioxide levels down from 385 parts per million (and rising) to 350 ppm -- the level scientists have deemed safe as the upper limit in the atmosphere -- New Yorkers to...
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Last year's Global Day of Action mobilized millions of people from all over the world at 5,248 events; CNN called it "the most widespread day of action in political history." This year is looking to be even bigger.

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Dahun
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11:48 AM on 11/10/2009
As the earth continues to cool, man made warming is rapidly becoming a cause rivaling 9/11 Truthers in popularity and scientific basis.
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don't f&f me. you dont' know what I'll say next
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11:36 AM on 10/27/2009
At least their signs are spelled correctly and have proper punctuation.
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RomeoMD25
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08:05 AM on 10/27/2009
CO2 market is a phoney market. There is no commodity to trade. On any commodity market, even in the futures of that market, one is always purchasing a deliverable, which one might actually have to deliver at some point in the future. There is no deliverable in this phoney CO2 market; there are no CO2 tankers driving around delivering me the CO2 I want and need and paid for.

There is no tradable good here.

Personally, as a SCUBA diver, I am more interested in the price of Helium. Now, if someone has a solution to that issue…
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