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December 8, 2015

Scoop: US religious leaders prove climate action is possible

December 5, 2015, Interfaith Power and Light press release

At Paris talks, US religious leaders provide proof ambitious climate action is possible

Thousands of US congregations and individuals take IPL Paris Pledge to dramatically reduce emissions and ask U.N. delegates to follow their lead

PARIS—American faith leaders are traveling to the United Nations climate change summit in Paris this weekend to offer UN delegates the Paris Pledge, evidence of thousands of U.S. congregations and individuals who have agreed to reduce their own carbon emissions in a bid to prove that more ambitious targets are not only possible but necessary. Read more

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