2009Nov9: Irish bishops release “The Cry of the Earth”, a pastoral reflection on climate change that calls for the public to adopt a “simpler lifestyle” in order to help the planet and the Irish Government to support a new treaty at the Copenhagen meeting which sets greenhouse gas emissions targets (Irish Times).
Reference: Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1109/1224258393882.html
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