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July 21, 2015

Mayors Meet with Pope Francis to Commit to Climate Change Action 
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Dozens of mayors and officials representing cities and states from
across the world are meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican today to
discuss cities' commitment to addressing climate change. The meeting
comes after Pope Francis wrote an unprecedented encyclical calling for
action on climate change. In related news, on Monday a group of Catholic
Workers in upstate New York used a seven-foot-tall replica of Pope
Francis' encyclical to erect a highway blockade as part of an ongoing
campaign to block a methane gas storage project in caverns underneath
Seneca Lake. Thirteen people were arrested.

 

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