The Step It Up campaign organised more than 1,400 events in all 50 states, said Reuters, all with the aim of urging the U.S. Congress to cut heat-trapping carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
In one of the day’s first demonstrations, skiers unfurled a protest banner in April snow on Whiteface Mountain near Wilmington, N.Y.
The Whiteface Mountain skiers fear long-term temperature increases promise trouble for native plants, wildlife and people in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state.
Saturday’s events were meant as a kickoff to a week of activity leading up to Earth Day, on April 22.
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