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Do you have an opinion of the Paris climate agreement?
The Paris agreement to address climate change was adopted on Saturday, Dec. 12th, by 196 countries. They pledged to work together to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels with a goal of keeping the increase below 1.5 Celsius. It calls for stopping the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.
Do you have an opinion of the Paris climate agreement? If so, we'd like to hear it! We are asking you to share your opinion on the Paris climate agreement with us. Send your written opinion piece to Sarina at [email protected]. We plan to post your opinion to CURE's Blog and share it with CURE's members and supporters. The length of the piece may range from a couple of sentences to a paragraph to a full page. We look forward to hearing from you!
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| Athena Kildegaard, CURE Board Member, in Paris for the Climate Conference. |
Hanging along one side of the nave in Notre Dame, in Paris, are five tapestries of cartoons, or illustrations, by the Benedictine artist Dom Robert. Each tapestry depicts the natural world in riotous exuberance-a tender exhibition to coincide with the Paris Climate Conference (COP21).
Dom Robert was born Guy de Chaunac-Lanzac in 1907 and took orders in 1930. Early in his artistic career he moved from painting religious scenes to m�langes of the natural world-butterflies, flowers, birds, and animals. "I am used to wandering aimlessly with my notepad, to catching whatever I happen to meet in the course of my walks," Dom Robert said.
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In August, CURE received a call from a landowner in Sacred Heart South Township, Renville County. He was one of four residents notified by the Renville County Board of Adjustment and Appeals that a public hearing had been scheduled to consider a variance request to re-open a Duininck Inc. gravel mine. The proposed site is adjacent to the residents' properties. The parcel of land under consideration is less than 20 acres, is surrounded by Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) land, and is located in the Minnesota River floodplain. It is located just north of the Minnesota River.
Blog post and photos by Peg Furshong, Director of Operations & Constituent Relations and Events & Adventures Program Coordinator.
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