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Rising number of local governments set targets to cut emissions
Twenty local governments, representing areas producing 5 percent of global climate-changing emissions, have committed to targets to cut those emissions, with the majority also setting goals for renewable energy, a platform uniting them said on Thursday.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/73390

Brazil lifts renewable energy target http://kwqc.com/2015/07/03/religious-leaders-want-presidential-candidates-to-discuss-renewable-energy/ Business Spectator-1 Jul 2015 The Abbott Government recently reduced Australia’s Renewable Energy Target significantly. After excluding hydro, the target would represent …

Religious leaders want presidential candidates to discuss renewable energy

By Published: July 3, 2015, DESMOINES, Iowa (KWQC)- Energy advocates and religious leaders want presidential candidates to address renewable energy.

“We haven’t had that honest of a discussion,” said Lonnie Ellis. ” When people on the left are trying to score political points, and people on the right are avoiding the topic. We’ve got to challenge both parties on the issues.”

Last week Pope Francis came out in support of preventing climate change. The document issued by Pope Francis opened up new discussions on the topic. On Wednesday, Catholic and interfaith leaders joined clean energy advocates to ask Iowans to push for a cleaner planet.

“He sees climate change itself as a consequence of other problems, and to be honest, the primary problem the Pope Identified in his encyclical, is over-consumption of the earth’s resources by the wealthy,” said Father Bud Grant.

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