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Mayors Of Columbus, Cleveland And Cincinnati Join Group Fighting Climate Change

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published June 6, 2017 at 5:26 AM EDT

Democratic Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, Democratic Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Democratic Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther are joining an effort to reverse the effects of global climate change. The Compact of Mayors is a group of nearly 650 international city leaders committed to taking local action on climate change. Ginther, Cranley and Jackson signed on with the group in response to President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord,

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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