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Mayors Epiphany at the Vatican: Climate Debate Is Over for the Rest of the World
2015-07-23 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It is often said that travel broadens horizons. Such was the case when Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges left the City of Lakes for Rome this week. About half-way through her second day at the Vatican, attending an international conference of mayors organized by Pope Francis that began Tuesday, Hodges had an epiphany: climate change isnt up for debate in the rest of the world. [I] just realized that climate change deniers cast a pall on the conversation in the United States," Hodges, a Democrat,...
World mayors sign pact fight climate change
2015-07-22 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Mayors from around the world have signed a declaration with Pope Francis stating that man-made climate change is real and humanity has a moral imperative to take action. At a two-day summit in the Vatican aimed at spurring efforts to fight global warming following the pope's environment encyclical denouncing the exploitation of the poor and the earth's resources, over 60 mayors pledged to do their part. "If we're going to confront these issues, if we're going to overcome the fear of change,...
World mayors at Vatican urge 'bold climate agreement'
2015-07-22 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Mayors from around the world declared Tuesday that climate change is real, man-made and must be stopped as a matter of moral imperative, gathering at the Vatican to announce new measures to fight global warming and bask in Pope Francis' ecological star power. The Vatican invited the 60 mayors to a two-day conference to keep up pressure on world leaders ahead of U.N. climate negotiations in Paris later this year. The meeting also aimed to promote Francis' environment encyclical, which denounced what...
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Carbondale council OKs sale of lot to mayor's firm
2015-07-22 01:55:57| Furniture - Topix.net
City Council unanimously approved selling for $30,000 a 1.44-acre property on Enterprise Drive to Mayor Justin Taylor's development firm, which was the sole bidder, city Clerk Michele Bannon said Tuesday. The city had put the property up for sale with a Monday bid deadline.
Mayors Flock to Vatican to Sign Pope Francis Climate Declaration
2015-07-21 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Mayors and governors from major world cities are convening at the Vatican today and tomorrow in a first-of-its-kind meeting to urge global action on climate change. The summit is part of Pope Francis` ongoing campaign to urge global leaders to take meaningful action on climate change at this year`s UN climate talks in Paris. Pope Francis to address mayors about climate change at a conference today: http://t.co/x7kSqjzo1z pic.twitter.com/Z6w5qrQo31 -- Christine Pae (@christinepae) July 21, 2015...
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