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Integrating Ecology and Justice: The Papal Encyclical

By Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 91, No. 3, September 2016: 261-270.

Download the article here:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/Integrating_Ecology_and_Justice.pdf

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Card Turkson gives keynote address at World Water Week 2016

August 29, 2016
Vatican Radio

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, gave a keynote address for World Water Week on Monday, in which he examined the links between faith and development in the search to make drinkable water accessible to all people.

His words came at the conference taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on 28 August - 2...

Disputed Dakota pipeline was approved by Army Corps over major objections by three federal agencies

Sioux tribe’s concerns were echoed in official reports by the EPA and two other agencies, but Army Corps of Engineers brushed them aside.

By Phil McKenna
Inside Climate News
August 30, 2016

Rewrite: The Protests At Standing Rock (Video)

With Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC  
August 26, 2016

In the Rewrite, Lawrence explains why a protest by Native Americans in North Dakota reminds us of the history American always tries to forget.

Watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsCuG1kSRk

Yale University Online Classes: "Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times"

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, are currently offering four six-week online courses. These are featured as a specialization under the theme of “Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times.” This includes two courses on Journey of the Universe, a course on the Worldview of Thomas Berry, and an...

In Effort to Kill Pipeline, Groups Call Directly on Obama to Oppose Permits

U.S. Judge James Boasberg said he would make a decision by September 9 on whether to halt work on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

By Nadia Prupis
Common Dreams
August 25, 2016

As Indigenous activists maintained resistance to a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota this week, allied groups on Thursday sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to...

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America's Historical Shame

August 24, 2016
By Sonali Kolhatkar
TruthDig

Until a few years ago, the word “occupation” was synonymous with power, imperialism and foreign invasion. Today, in the post-Occupy Wall Street era, more and more activists are using their physical presence to make demands. From Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to Tahrir Square in Cairo, occupation has become a powerful method of...

Native Activist Winona LaDuke: Pipeline Company Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future

By Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
August 23, 2016

LWF encouraged by member church action to review investments in fossil fuel companies

August 19, 2016
The Lutheran World Federation

General Secretary Junge at Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America  

(LWI) – Key actions from the recent governing body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) included response to The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) call to its member churches to not invest in fossil fuels,...

World Culture Festival: Sri Sri event destroyed Yamuna's floodplain, biodiversity lost forever

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World Culture Festival: Sri Sri event destroyed Yamuna’s floodplain, biodiversity lost forever, expert panel to NGT

AOL rejects allegation, says it is asking tribunal to reconstitute panel of experts.

By Kaunain Sheriff M
The Indian Express
August 17, 2016

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