Protests from Copenhagen on Saturday:

Photo by Carolyn Chase

“This was the largest demonstration ever for climate,’’ Peter, activist from Dutch Groen Front! thinks. Saturday he joined the big demonstration for climate change in Copenhagen. He often took part in protests, but he never saw so many people on their feet to demonstrate against global warming.

Some people were arrested. [700, according to CNN]  Many Dutch – including members of Christian organizations and environmental groups, students, anti-globalists and capitalists – joined the protesters on Saturday.

Despite the large turnout, Peter still worries. He does not expect the government leaders who have come to the UN summit, are influenced by the tens of thousands. “The summit is not about solutions, but about creating a new CO2 market.’’ Peter says the big polluters like power stations and airports must be stopped. He announced that he will join the blockade of the harbor in Copenhagen on Sundays. “That will  be a symbolic action.’’

The anti-capitalist International Socialists traveled with a group to Denmark. ,”We can not stand by while the world leaders squander our planet for future generations. Averting a climate crisis is only possible by radically changing political priorities. “Spend billions of euros on windmills and free public transportation, instead of on banks and wars’’,  a spokesman said. “

Many other reports are on the Climate pool Facebook page.   See lots of great photos here.   I hate to point out the obvious, because I love protests, but a protest with 100,000 people will not make a dent in politicians’ minds.  A protest with 5-10 million people would.   That is what is needed.

Dutch politician Halsema takes on climate sceptics

Climate sceptics must stop talking nonsense and join the debate with solid arguments. [which they don't have]   That’s what Dutch Green party leader Femke Halsema writes on her blog on climate for news portal NU.nl. . . . . According to Halsema climate sceptics tend to rely on dubious sources of scientists who have no understanding of what’s happening to our climate. Halsema points out that environmentalists and green politicians are the ones that struggled for years against global warming. “Sceptics like to talk in terms of conspiracy, but none of them can show which complot there is. They even can’t tell who the stakeholders are and what economic, financial or political interests are served with making people aware of global warming’’, said the politician.”

That’s the main problem with climate skeptics, they make no sense, and they just can’t shut up. Climate skeptics need to stop doing harm.  Why speak out at all?  Just sit in a corner and fantasize about your doubts, we don’t care. But just stop being so loud with your ignorance because its directly harming people. The problem with climate skepticism is that turns the issue political, which it inherently isn’t, and then puts a damper on any action to mitigate climate change, which harms all of humanity. The longer we wait to do something meaningful about climate [...]