Protestors call for cancellation of the Miramar Air Show

“We’re not here to kill a party, but the climate crisis is here to kill us as a species," Gary Butterfield, past president ofButterfield agrees the Miramar Air Show is entertaining, but he said that’s not the point. Butterfield said an enormous amount of pollution will go into the atmosphere during the three-day show at MCAS Miramar, and he said it's just not worth it.

"As citizens of San Diego, we’re being asked to make sacrifices to reduce our carbon footprint and we feel it’s incumbent upon the military, especially the Navy and Marines, to do the same," he said.“We’re putting on the Air Show for a couple of different objectives," 2nd Lt. Jacoby Hawkins told KPBS on Thursday. “We really want to build that camaraderie with the local community.

The Marine Corps admits the Air Show does emit a lot of pollution. But, Hawkins said, that’s not the whole story. He pointed to ways the base is working to be environmentally friendly. “We have the microgrid on base which is supplying energy to homes in San Diego and then we’re looking at things to lessen our carbon output, our footprint as well," he said.Butterfield said ending the Air Show would be a gesture of goodwill that the military is serious about being environmentally friendly.

“Every little bit helps. And this is something that is optional and for entertainment. It’s choking us. It’s code red for humanity.”I'm a general assignment reporter and Saturday morning radio anchor for KPBS. I love coming up with story ideas that aren't being covered elsewhere, but I'm also ready to cover the breaking news of the day. In addition, I bring you the local news headlines on Saturday mornings during NPR's Weekend Edition.

Agree about the air pollution and would add noise pollution, too.

it is not worth 'it' like the USSR MayDayParade but in the air

The half million people who are attending the show this weekend would disagree with this group…

How about staging a tree planting event instead? TreeSanDiego

Did they chime in on Mayor Gloria flying to the Netherlands for a Summit that could be handled by Zoom?

The Miramar Air Show is poster child for our Military as Biggest Polluter. And the $ we spend on THIS is a travesty when we have houseless veterans & military families using food pantries here in SanDiego.

Every party has a pooper.

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