N.E. to join chorus against global warming

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From atop Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park to underwater off Key West, Fla., protesters will gather in hundreds of locations Saturday in a national grass-roots campaign to urge Congress to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.

More than 270 actions are planned in New England, among almost 1,400 nationwide, as part of the Step It Up campaign, which organizers are billing as the largest day of citizen action on global warming in the nation's history.

In Massachusetts, more than 117 events are planned: Protesters plan to fly colorful kites in Harvard, parade strollers in Brookline, and wear three-cornered hats in Lexington.
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The Bush administration has opposed placing limits on power plant and vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that trap heat when they accumulate in the atmosphere, contending that voluntary measures can be effective while having less impact on the economy.

"We feel like we hit a nerve in the country," said Phil Aroneanu, a recent Middlebury College graduate and one of six coordinators at Step It Up's headquarters in Burlington, Vt. "People really care in these communities."
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