One snowflake from Protect Our Winters’ social media storm. Photo: Twitter
Of the long list of boneheaded things President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to do, one of the most immediate may be backing the United States out of the 2015 Paris agreement. That pact, to which 200 nations have agreed, is a four-year plan to slow global greenhouse gas emissions that went into effect a few days before the election.
With Trump just weeks from taking office, outdoor athletes are getting vocal about sticking to the agreement, blasting social media with the hashtag #KeepParis. Yesterday morning, Protect Our Winters, an advocacy group founded by snowboarder Jeremy Jones, instigated a “24-hour Twitter blizzard.” And snow it did.
Skiers, snowboarders, climbers and many other environmentally-minded folk took to the Twittersphere and other social media to join the campaign, whose slogan is “Hey Trump: Make America Deep Again.”
On POW’s website, the group says, “If we sit on our hands for the next two decades, we won’t be worried about powder days, tourism or having fun. We’ll be worried about the stability of our environment, our jobs and our economy.”
Here’s a sampling of the social media storm #KeepParis wrought, featuring the likes of Jeremy Jones, Cody Townsend, Angel Collinson, Caroline Gleich, Danny Davis, and climbers Emily Harrington and Beth Rodden:
Join us along w/ our friends @newbelgium @benandjerrys & urge@realDonaldTrump to address #ClimateChange. #KeepParis https://t.co/RRCd0IldpF pic.twitter.com/riKpfrQ61W
— Protect Our Winters (@ProtectWinters) December 3, 2016
Listen to the climate science @realDonaldTrump and #KeepParis!
Please retweet ?? pic.twitter.com/iXaiUJ3J6L— jeremyjones (@jeremyjones) January 5, 2017
#KeepParis! This needs to be bipartisan. No matter where your beliefs sit on the spectrum, let's ALL do what we… https://t.co/NEv5Eyz8uk
— Emily Harrington (@emilyaharringto) November 23, 2016
Hey @realDonaldTrump, many people with very good brains agree that climate change is a threat to humanity, be like them and #keepparis
— Cody Townsend (@codytownsend) January 6, 2017
We came together w 192 other countries to create a global initiative to combat climate change. @realDonaldTrump, don't back out. #keepparis
— Angel Collinson (@angelcollinson) January 5, 2017