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Pope Francis' Call for Action — One Key to Global Climate Agreement

January 14, 2016
By Oscar Cantú   
Morning Consult

In the wake of the historic Paris climate agreement, many commentators have focused on the extraordinary work of the negotiators, the terms that have been agreed upon and the global outlook going forward. While these important topics merit extended analysis, I believe that we should also reflect on the key role that morality...

Donations stream into Catholic Charities amid Michigan water crisis

January 14, 2016
By Traci Badalucco
National Catholic Reporter

The Catholic community in Michigan is ramping up its efforts to support Flint residents affected by the recent crisis that left thousands of households with lead-contaminated tap water.

Health authorities in Genesee County have advised residents to not consume water without using a water filter,...

Religion and Climate Change

By Lloyd Steffen, Professor, Religion Studies; University Chaplain; Director, Dialogue Center and Lehigh Prison Project, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Huffington Post
January 13, 2016

9 New Year's resolutions for the Earth

January 13, 2016

Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute

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Why climate change is an ethical problem

January 9, 2016
By Stephen Gardiner
Washington Post

Climate change presents a severe ethical challenge, forcing us to confront difficult questions as individual moral agents, and even more so as members of larger political systems. It is genuinely global and seriously intergenerational, and crosses species boundaries. It also takes place in a setting where existing...

Pope inspires clergy to join environmental movement

A papal encyclical aimed at caring for the environment has given clergy a renewed imperative for responsible action

By T.J. Pignataro
The Buffalo News
January 9, 2016

Pope Francis was right on climate change

January 7, 2016
By John Nagle
Washington Post

Climate will have such a profound effect on the earth that we will need to reconsider our relationship with the natural environment. That’s why many environmental activists are now being drawn to an evolving philosophical stance on the topic, shifting away from an approach that is simply political, scientific or economic.

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

January 6, 2016

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J. Baird Callicott is recipient of the first Lifetime Achievement Award

January 5, 2016
University of North Texas

Religious leaders commit to environmental protection in Vietnam

January 4, 2016
By Joachim Pham
Global Sisters Report

Religious representatives promised to work to protect the environment and cope with climate change at a national conference that drew 400 participants to this central Vietnam area in early December.

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