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We live in a watershed moment for the planet and for religious congregations. The threatening planetary water crisis demands a strong response.

Congregations who engage in water-focused activities, education, and worship respond faithfully to the need to care for Earth and its waters, and they become engaged community leaders. They promote awareness and actions to care for local...

April 30, 2019
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Yale Environment 360

The world has done little to tackle global warming since Bill McKibben’s landmark book on the subject was published in 1989. In an e360 interview, McKibben talks about the critical time lost and what can be done now to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

April 25, 2019
By Tomás Insua
National Catholic Reporter

Two climate superheroes, Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg, have just met for the first time in the Vatican. The April 17 meeting was something rare — an encounter between two prophets whose moral clarity will lead us out of the climate crisis.

April 18, 2019
United Nations Environment Programme

Chennai, Assam, Okhi and Kerala of India have been experiencing heavy floods, cyclones, forest fires and droughts since 2015—hundreds of people lost their lives and properties. Now, a forecast of a below average monsoon is expected in 2019 after last year’s erratic rainfall that flooded Kerala and crippled agriculture in eastern...