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Activists and municipal officials are pressing President Obama to agree to a meaningful deal to combat climate change when he meets with the leaders of nearly 200 countries in Paris later this month. Elected officials in Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Freeport, Saco and Bar Harbor sent letters to Obama last week, and a group of interested Mainers are planning on attending the conference, according to the environmental group Sierra Club of Maine. Among them is Claudia King, a 62 year old Falmouth resident who serves on Sierra Club of Maine’s executive board. King said she was undeterred by the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed in a series of attacks reportedly coordinated by the Islamic State, or ISIS. The terror attacks have prompted French authorities to extend a state of emergency, which will prevent two public demonstrations expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people from taking place at the beginning and end of the conference. “It’s sobering,” King said.

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