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On climate issue, Catholics urged to 'feel pain of the planet, the poor'

February 24, 2016
By Tom Tracy
Catholic News Service

MIAMI (CNS) – Pope Francis’ right-hand man on the environment and climate change issues urged Catholics attending a local academic conference to let Christian spirituality guide their thinking and actions toward preserving the full range of God’s creation.

Eminent climate change scientist courts religion

Researcher Veerabhadran Ramanathan attempts to galvanize global action on climate change

By Joshua Emerson Smith
San Diego Union-Tribune
February 24, 2016

“The worst consequences of climate change will be experienced by the poorest 3 billion (people), largely living in villages, who had nothing to do with this.”

As Veerabhadran Ramanathan makes this prediction,...

Aboriginal activist fears B.C. dam project will destroy sacred land

Helen Knott hopes to halt construction of the BC Hydro Site C dam project, but B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett says it’s too late.

By Joanna Smith, Ottawa Bureau reporter
The Star
February 23, 2016

OTTAWA—Helen Knott, 28, believes the stories of her people are alive in the Peace River valley of northeastern British Columbia and fears they will be lost in the flood of...

Cardinal Turkson speaks on environment, Laudato Si'

February 17, 2016
Vatican Radio

Mankind is called to participate in “ongoing creation and ongoing incarnation” rather than in the “domination and devastation” of our planet.  That’s the message at the heart of a talk given Wednesday in the U.S. by Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

 

Mexican Farmers Praise Pope Francis for Continued Advocacy of Environmental Protection

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Mexican Farmers Praise Pope Francis for Continued Advocacy of Environmental Protection and Climate Change Reform

As small farmers in Mexico fight to protect biodiversity and resist pesticides, they have found support in a higher power

By Karen Lo
The Daily Meal
February 16, 2016

Climate Change And Environmental Justice

February 16, 2016
By Charlie Shelton & Frank Stasio
WUNC – North Carolina Public Radio

A conversation with Wake Forest University School of Divinity professor Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo, and Miles Silman, professor of biology at Wake Forest University about climate change

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A Crime Against the People of Flint

February 15, 2016
By Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson Global Leader, Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)
Huffington Post

The forest is crying

Fighting deforestation in the Congo Basin by giving voice to indigenous people

By Angela K. Evans
Boulder Weekly
February 11, 2016

“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”

Coal Money Divides Oakland's Churches

The company behind the plan to ship coal through Oakland has promised millions of dollars to Oakland churches for their support.

By Darwin BondGraham
East Bary Express
February 10, 2016

What these Christians are giving up for Lent: Fossil fuels

February 10, 2016
By Chelsea Harvey
Washington Post

A new initiative in the United Kingdom is not only calling for Christian communities to band together in support of clean energy, but actually helping them get their own electricity that way. The Big Church Switch, which launched Wednesday, aims to inspire both individuals and...

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