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"International Effort Pushes a New Climate Target: 350 ppm" PDF

Quick Facts

1. 350.org spreads the most important number on the planet by building a global grassroots climate movement united by a common call to action.

2. 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide--measured in "Parts Per Million" in our atmosphere. 350 ppm--it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.

3. Our goal is to make 350 ppm the benchmark for success for national and international climate agreements.

3. 350.org was launched in March 2008 by Bill McKibben and the team of young organizers behind last year's successful Step It Up 2007 campaign.

5. Our work is only possible because of our network of friends and allies around the world, including major international NGOs and local, grassroots organizations.

For more frequently asked questions, please see our Understanding 350 section.

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350.org in the News:

Below are a few highlights from the coverage of 350.org and the 350 ppm target:

August 20, 2008 Alexis Madrigal, Wired Magazine, "A Wiki for the Planet: Clay Shirky on open source environmentalism" 

August 14, 2008 Jim Motavalli, Hartford Advocate, "Wheels: The Magic Bus"

August 12, 2008 Europa Press, "Globalízate asegura que las energías renovables nos pueden ayudar a recuperar un nivel seguro de CO2 en unos 40 años"

August 11, 2008 Kaosenlared.net, "Globalízate se suma a la campaña 350"

August 11, 2008 Judy Fahys, Salt Lake City Tribune, "Activist is Taking on Climate Change"

July 28, 2008, Sonnenseite.com, "Globale Erderwarmung - Globale Aktionen - Globale Zukunft."

July 27, 2008 Bob Clark, Calgary Herald, "350 or Fight"

July 24, 2008, Açık Radyo, Turkey, Tällberg Forumu: “Birlikte Nasıl Yaşarız?”

July 16, 2008, Richard Ager, NH Public Radio, "Bill McKibben on the number 350"

July, 7, 2008 Daniel Mottola, Austin Chronicle, "350 or Bust: New Climate Change Campaigns Get Rolling"

June 27, 2008, Asia is Green, "350 is the safe limit to avoid runaway climate change"

June 27, 2008, Discovery Channel Online, "The Time is Now, Climate Experts Warn."

June 27, 2008, Living on Earth, "Tipping Point?"

June 26, 2008, Steven Milloy, Fox News, "Junk Science: Where's McCain's Fuel Cell Express?"

June 24, 2008 Nederland klimatneutral, "350 ppm"

June 23, 2008 Bill McKibben, Washington Post "End of the Open Road"

June 19, 2008, Grist.org, "350 or Bust"

June 17, 2008, Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post, "Lower the Heat to 350 - Unless you want to broil"

June 17, 2008, George Spyros, Treehugger.com, "350 Campaign Launches in 8 Languages Today"

June 17, 2008, Teresa Hermann, SolveClimate.com, "The 350 Campaign going global, viral, and multilingual"

June 17, 2008, EnergySmart.com, "The Power of 350 . . . Spreading the Word"

Jan 2, 2008 Alex Steffen, World Changing, "350 ppm"

April 16, 2008 Wall Street Journal, "Making Climate Sexy: 350 is the new 450"

April 16, 2008 Matthew Yglesias, The Atlantic, "Party like it's 1988"

May 2, 2008 Marianne Lavelle, US News and World Report, "How Writers Created the Environmental Movement"

May 7, 2008 Matthew C. Nisbet, Scienceblogs.com "McKibben Launches Site to Unite the World Around 350 ppm"

May 8, 2008 Seed Magazine, "Daily Zeitgeist: 350.org"

May 12, 2008 Bill McKibben, CBS News, "Dusk on Earth"

May 12, 2008 Tom Englehardt, The Nation, "Running out of History"

May 11, 2008, Bill McKibben, LA Times, "Civilization's Last Chance"

June 6, 2008, Steve Mufson and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, "Senate Democrats May Pull Climate Bill"

June 6, 2008, Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation, "What will the next president do about climate change?"