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<div><br></div><div><i>Environmental Justice Organizations, LIabilities and Trade</i></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Verdana">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.</font><br><br></div><div><font face="Verdana">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.</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div>