"With a flurry of whistles and a text-message command -- 'Go!' -- about 100 people dropped to the ground at Salt Lake City's Gallivan Center, playing dead to make a point about global climate change.

At that moment, 8:17 p.m. Thursday, a 30-foot-square red banner unfurled from the nearby Walker Center parking garage, flashing a message to the thousands gathered to hear reggae legends Toots and the Maytals: 'CLIMATE CHANGE KILLS.'

The protest was an example of a 'flash mob,' a phenomenon in which people seem to gather together out of nowhere to create an instant event -- and then melt back into the crowd when it's over."

Sean P. Means reports for the Salt Lake Tribune August 14, 2009. [2]

See Also:

"Veterans Push for Climate Bill With New 'Operation Free' Coalition" (Grist) [3]

"U.S. Tour Touts Green Energy Jobs" (Akron Beacon Journal) [4]

"Bus Tour Crosses Coal States to Oppose Climate Bill" (Greenwire) [5]

"Repower South Dakota Tour Promotes Clean Energy Jobs" (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) [6]

"Greenpeace's 'Astroturf' Photo Op Against Big Oil" (Business Insider) [7]

"'Sensitive' Oil Industry Memo Lays Out Plan For Astroturf Rallies Against Climate Change Bill" (TPM Muckraker) [8]

"'Made in America' tour to stop in Philadelphia" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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"Capito Continues Energy Tour" (WOWK-TV) [10]