# Roundup: United Methodists talk sexuality, climate change, power bills

> As nearly 1,000 delegates from across the world gather in Tampa, Fla. , for the United Methodist Church’s General Conference, gay and lesbian activists have printed pamphlets promoting their cause in five languages, including Portuguese and Swahili.

27 April 2012 · News

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## [United Methodists to debate allowing gay clergy and same-sex marriage](https://sojo.net/blogs/2012/04/25/united-methodists-debate-allowing-gay-clergy-and-same-sex-marriage/)

As nearly 1,000 delegates from across the world gather in Tampa, Fla., for the United Methodist Church’s General Conference, gay and lesbian activists have printed pamphlets promoting their cause in five languages, including Portuguese and Swahili.

## [Interview with Nobel prize winner Elinor Ostrom on climate change](https://www.irinnews.org/Report/95355/GLOBAL-Interview-with-Nobel-prize-winner-Elinor-Ostrom-on-climate-change)

The governance of natural resources like land, the oceans, rivers and the atmosphere, can affect the impact of some of the world’s biggest crises caused by natural events like droughts and floods.

## [New tricks to reduce rising power bills](https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/new-tricks-to-reduce-rising-power-bills/story-e6frg15c-1226339124947)

Local conservationists, unions, churches and social groups have banded together to promote low-carbon living in Western Australia.