New Jersey activists move forward against global warming

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

Our own Rachel Dawn Scharf, organizer of Global Warming Is Child Abuse, recently emceed the kickoff of a 4 day march to the New Jersey State Capitol in Trenton to educate people about climate change:

Last Friday marked the beginning of a four-day march meant to raise awareness about global warming. The event kicked off on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus around noon with colorful posters and a dancing polar bear.

The march traveled from Rutgers to Princeton University, The College of New Jersey and finally the State House in Trenton today.

A multitude of groups attended with only one goal in mind: solutions for global warming. In addition to the speakers present, there was a group called the Solidarity Singers, raising morale and awareness by singing songs with lyrics geared to global warming issues. "We will pump out all the planet's oil just to fuel our SUV's."

Throughout the one-hour rally, speakers emphasized the need for clean energy and the urgent need for New Jersey to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by the year 2050. The group was collecting signatures for the Global Warming Response Act and a petition to legislators to support their cause.

Rachel Dawn Scharf, Master of Ceremonies for this event and an alumnus of Rutgers University, expressed her concern about the lack of media coverage on global warming. "The media is not reporting it - the current administration is still working very hard to suppress EPA reports and that worries me deeply."

The article's a little long, but well worth the read. Great job, Rachel Dawn Scharf and all you other DFA members out there moving forward against global warming!

-Sheri Divers