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By Dan Bacher
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A group of Women Nobel Laureates including Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala today sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown urging him to "begin managed and just transition off of oil and gas production." The signatories to the letter also include: Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland), Jody Williams (U.S.A), Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) and Tawakkol Karman (Yemen). Below is the press release from the Nobel Women's Initiative followed by the text of the letter in both English and Spanish:
SACRAMENTO – Declaring that California has "a moral responsibility to act" and "climate leaders can no longer explore for and exploit new fossil fuels," a group of Nobel Peace Laureates today urged Governor Jerry Brown to freeze new fossil fuel drilling and develop a plan to transition
Photo of Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala courtesy of the Nobel Women's Initiative
Rigoberta Menchú and other women Nobel Laureates urge Jerry Brown to transition off fossil fuels
Censored News
A group of Women Nobel Laureates including Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala today sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown urging him to "begin managed and just transition off of oil and gas production." The signatories to the letter also include: Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland), Jody Williams (U.S.A), Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) and Tawakkol Karman (Yemen). Below is the press release from the Nobel Women's Initiative followed by the text of the letter in both English and Spanish:
SACRAMENTO – Declaring that California has "a moral responsibility to act" and "climate leaders can no longer explore for and exploit new fossil fuels," a group of Nobel Peace Laureates today urged Governor Jerry Brown to freeze new fossil fuel drilling and develop a plan to transition