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Standing Rock Sioux vow to challenge pipeline in court

February 9, 2017
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

A double-back decision by the Army to approve a final, critical permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline, while bypassing an environmental review, has led the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allies to double down in their near-yearlong opposition to the contentious project they maintain endangers tribal water and sacred...

Religion can make us more environmentally friendly — or not

February 7, 2017
By Niki Rust
BBC

Eight out of 10 people around the world consider themselves religious. That figure shows that, while in many countries religion is not as dominant as it once was, it still has a huge influence on us.

What does that mean for the environmental movement? Does a belief in God or the supernatural make people more or less likely to take care...

Divinity School adds new concentrations

February 3, 2017
By Adelaide Feibel
Yale Daily News

With the addition of new concentration programs in Latinx theology and ecology, Yale Divinity School is making an effort to bring an age-old discipline into the 21st century.

The Lasting Effects of Pope Francis' Climate Change Edict

New research finds thinking about the pontiff changes the way we frame the issue.

By Tom Jacobs
Pacific Standard
February 2, 2017

Protecting the Environment: Christian Perspectives

By Nihal Abeyasingha
Dialogue (New Series) 42 & 43 (2015 & 2016):  111-148.

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Severe drought brings starving Kenyans to church doorsteps

January 31, 2017
By Fredrick Nzwili
Religion News Service

MATUU, Kenya (RNS) When her pantry runs dry, Agnes Mwikali walks down a dusty road to the local Roman Catholic Church mission.

There, beyond the metal gate and the church garden where the crops are withering, she steps into the administration building and asks for a 4-pound bag of cornmeal.

In Thatha, her...

Compassion in Action: And the Spiritual Ecology of Translating Sky Dragons into Power Grids

January 27, 2017
By Kyle Lemle
Spiritual Ecology Fellowship

In the time when the nuns sing before the birds, the sun waits patiently as if it would not come at all. Silence given voice in an ocean of sound lapping in all directions - the thick buzz of the living, the chanting street dogs, the great crash of becoming one - the sound of the Himalayas being born to our North -...

Tips to sustain ourselves in our stumbling toward sustainability

January 27, 2017
By Donna Schaper
National Catholic Reporter

When exclamatory news alerts like this one appear in our inbox, most of us want out of the box:

BREAKING NEWS ALERT (...

The Indigenous Environmental Network Responds to Presidential Memorandum for Approving KXL & DAPL

January 25, 2017
Native News Online

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, President Trump signed five executive actions, two of which will advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. The other three memorandums will serve to expedite environmental reviews for high priority projects.

The following is a statement...

Native Americans condemn Trump's executive action on pipeline

January 25, 2017
By Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service
National Catholic Reporter

President Trump’s executive orders advancing the construction of pipelines are drawing condemnation from the Native American and religious groups that have opposed them.

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