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The Daily OrangeLocal bicycle tour promotes clean energy
By Bryan Young
Posted: 10/22/08, 4:50 AM EST Section: News
Six bikers and about a dozen supporters gathered Tuesday morning at the entrance to the Erie Canal State Park bike trail in Dewitt, N.Y.
They were promoting the reduction of greenhouse gases and clean energy as part of the New York Public Interest Group's Clean Energy Tour.
The bikers traveled along the trail from Syracuse to Rome, N.Y., and covered 37.5 miles in the cold, windy autumn weather.
"This tour is very important, because we're talking about a very important message: clean energy and global warming," said Joe Stelling, the organizer of NYPIRG's Clean Energy Tour. "We need to address global warming and we need to address it now."
The ride is part of NYPIRG's statewide Clean Energy Tour. Activists from across New York are making their way to Albany, by bike, to bring more awareness to clean energy and global warming.
The bike tour began Friday, with an upstate group leaving from Buffalo, N.Y., and a downstate group leaving from Stony Brook, N.Y. Both groups will meet in Albany for a rally on the weekend of Oct. 25 and 26.
"We've got people going from Buffalo all the way to Albany not using fossil fuels, producing no greenhouse gases and not contributing detrimentally to the environment," Stelling said.
With the upcoming election, NYPIRG is working to make global warming and clean energy one of the major issues for voters to consider. NYPIRG is promoting an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, Stelling said.
The organization is also promoting the use of more wind energy.
"Upstate New York has a lot of potential for wind farms, so we can certainly move to see progress in that direction and in that area, and we call on our candidates to do that," Stelling said.
He added a reminder to voters that it's up to them to combat global warming.
"The only thing that needs to heat up is the attention on the candidates who want our votes on November 4," he said.
The bike group consisted of members of the local NYPIRG chapter and SU students.
They were promoting the reduction of greenhouse gases and clean energy as part of the New York Public Interest Group's Clean Energy Tour.
The bikers traveled along the trail from Syracuse to Rome, N.Y., and covered 37.5 miles in the cold, windy autumn weather.
"This tour is very important, because we're talking about a very important message: clean energy and global warming," said Joe Stelling, the organizer of NYPIRG's Clean Energy Tour. "We need to address global warming and we need to address it now."
The ride is part of NYPIRG's statewide Clean Energy Tour. Activists from across New York are making their way to Albany, by bike, to bring more awareness to clean energy and global warming.
The bike tour began Friday, with an upstate group leaving from Buffalo, N.Y., and a downstate group leaving from Stony Brook, N.Y. Both groups will meet in Albany for a rally on the weekend of Oct. 25 and 26.
"We've got people going from Buffalo all the way to Albany not using fossil fuels, producing no greenhouse gases and not contributing detrimentally to the environment," Stelling said.
With the upcoming election, NYPIRG is working to make global warming and clean energy one of the major issues for voters to consider. NYPIRG is promoting an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, Stelling said.
The organization is also promoting the use of more wind energy.
"Upstate New York has a lot of potential for wind farms, so we can certainly move to see progress in that direction and in that area, and we call on our candidates to do that," Stelling said.
He added a reminder to voters that it's up to them to combat global warming.
"The only thing that needs to heat up is the attention on the candidates who want our votes on November 4," he said.
The bike group consisted of members of the local NYPIRG chapter and SU students.
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