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City of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris to Keynote The Cities Power Partnership Summit in Kiama, Austr


On Thursday morning, City of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris will give the keynote address for the inaugural Cities Power Partnership Summit held in Kiama, Australia. The Summit is Australia’s first national climate change summit focused on local government and grassroots solutions.

Mayor Parris’ presentation will share Lancaster’s journey to becoming the alternative energy capital of the world and a zero net energy city, with a focus on underscoring how cities can take local action.

“Local government leaders have considerably more power to effect change than they think they do. In Lancaster, we discovered we