Step It Up Calls for 80% Cut in Carbon by 2050

None by Lara Jones

Free Event Starts at 3 p.m. Tomorrow

(KCPW News) Tomorrow tens of thousands of Americans will Step It Up in climate action rallies held across the country. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson has organized an event at the City County Building where he says the message will be cut carbon 80 percent:

"By 2050, that's right; and not just to say, ‘Okay, by 2050 we'll do this,' but do everything that we can now. There is so much that can be done today."

Speakers at tomorrow's Step It Up rally will talk about ways individuals can fight climate change, while bands like Los Lobos, Blue Haiku, Salty Rootz and the Motherlode Canyon Band will provide entertainment. Food booths and a children's play area are also planned. The free event starts at 3 and goes til 10 tomorrow at the City County Building, on the southeast corner of 400 South and State Street.

To hear more from Mayor Anderson and Professor David Chapman about practical ways to fight climate change, listen to today's Midday Metro podcast. 

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