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Local Residents to attend International Climate Change Negotiationsin Cancn, M!ico

[Local Demands] AND CALL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE IN LEAD UP TO CLIMATE

TALKS IN CANCUN

["it#, $TATE % No&em'er , )*+*]

Along ith thousands of other go&ernment officials, nited Nations staff and mem'ers of

communit# organizations all o&er the orld, [local communit# mem'er] -ari .ose Taruc and

Torm Nompraseurt are packing her 'ags for "anc/n, -01ico2 The# are not anticipating muchtime to sit on the 'each2 3nstead, the# are tra&eling there to attend the +4 thinternational

"onference of the 5arties, or "O5 +4, of the nited Nations 6rameork "on&ention on "limate"hange, here go&ernments, international o'ser&er organizations and ci&il societ# ill gather to

de'ate hat has 'een called 7the future of humanit# and the earth % and the future distri'ution of

the 8N5 of the orld29 The climate change talks ill take place from ) No&em'er % +*Decem'er )*+*2

[local issue and stor#] Taruc and Nompraseurt are from .ichmond, "alifornia, here communit#

mem'ers, climate change ad&ocates, pu'lic health e1perts, local go&ernment and la'or leadersha&e 'een orking together to get "he&ron to 7cap the crude9 at its .ichmond refiner#2

.ichmond has a much higher rate of asthma that local pu'lic health ad&ocates sa# is most likel#

related to the pollution coming out of the refiner#2 At the same time, "he&ron ants to processhea&ier crude at its .ichmond refiner#, hich ould result in increased air pollution, greater

greenhouse gas emissions and promulgate health impacts related to the increased pollution:

childhood asthma and some t#pes of cancers among them2

[link local struggle to international climate change talks] 7The North .ichmond communit# is on

the frontline of "he&ron;s chemical assault,9 sa#s Nompraseurt2 7

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"anc/n, the# and the other mem'ers of the delegation ill 'e orking to lift up local communit#

solutions such as the ones that A5EN and -"@>