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Article: Protesters weigh impact of their carbon footprints
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- September 26, 2009
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If a group of climate activists drives cars to an environmental
protest, does that pollute their message?
Those activists say people still would hear their message --
especially when the protest takes place during the G-20 summit,
offering the largest global stage from which to share beliefs.
"The cost of inaction is much greater -- infinitely greater --
than the small cost of the carbon emissions we're making by driving
across a couple states," said Sam Daly, 23, one of 10 activists who
drove 250 miles from Washington to Pittsburgh to stage a "flash mob"
protest Downtown urging world leaders to address growing climate
concerns.
"The point of being at the G-20 is to get our message out," he ...