[Occupymendocino] Even the Pope is against fracking

[edward Oberweiser]

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*Environmental Justice Organizations, LIabilities and Trade*

Pope Francisco welcomed a group of Argentineans, including an EJOLT
member,  Antonio Gustavo Gomez, an Attorney General from Argentina,
yesterday on November 11th, 2013, in the Vatican. The meeting lasted an
hour, with the participation of the film director Pino Solanas, well known
for his film "Dirty Gold", about mega-mining. They spoke about water
contamination and the Pope mentioned that he is preparing an encyclical
about nature, humans and environmental pollution.

As an image is worth a thousand words, the Pope demonstrated his opposition
to shale gas fracking and the contamination of water due to mega mine
projects, posing for two photographs. One with a t-shirt that states that
"Water is worth more than gold: El Agua Vale mas que el Oro", and the other
stating "No to Fracking". The concern from His Holiness was clear when the
following cases were mentioned to him by Fiscal Gomez, including Barrick
Gold, Chevron in Argentina and Ecuador and Yasuni, among others.
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