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Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches

2015-11-28 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The Pope's closest adviser on ecology has urged Catholics to join global climate marches planned for Sunday. In an internal letter to bishops, Cardinal Peter Turkson says people should be "encouraged" to exercise their "ecological citizenship". The letter says that climate negotiators meeting in Paris need to hear the voice of "God's people". Activists say the call is evidence of a step-change in the Church's approach to climate change. Major demonstrations across the world have been...

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Groups Demand French President Lift Ban on Climate Protests and Marches

2015-11-27 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Common Dreams: Ahead of international climate talks which are about to begin in Paris, an international coalition of NGOs, political figures and civil society groups on Thursday demanded French President François Hollande lift the ban on protests and marches despite recent violence. The groups say the French government cannot proclaim a "commitment to democracy and freedom" while simultaneously suspending "democracy and freedom." In a letter addressed to Hollande, which has also taken the form of an online petition...

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Whats really at stake at the Paris climate conference now marches are banned

2015-11-20 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Whose security gets protected by any means necessary? Whose security is casually sacrificed, despite the means to do so much better? Those are the questions at the heart of the climate crisis, and the answers are the reason climate summits so often end in acrimony and tears. The French governments decision to ban protests, marches and other outdoor activities during the Paris climate summit is disturbing on many levels. The one that preoccupies me most has to do with the way it reflects the...

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