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August 12, 2015
By Uki Goñi
New York Times

August 12, 2015
By Daniel C. Maguire
Consortium News

Pope Francis is pleading for world leaders to defend the rights of mankind and the future of nature against the power of corporations and the pillage of “free market” dogma, a warning about the planet’s survival that vested political and media interests reject out of hand, writes Daniel C. Maguire.

August 10, 2015
Vatican Radio

Pope Francis has decided to set up a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” which will be celebrated on September 1st annually.

He made the announcement in a letter to the heads of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.

Listen to Lydia O’Kane’s report...

August 8, 2015
By Bridgett Ennis
Yale Climate Connections

Engaging people through love, awe, and wonder can help society address climate change.

Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists are convinced human-caused global warming is happening, but society has not yet taken sufficient action to limit emissions. Mary Evelyn Tucker of the Yale...

Similarities between the Encyclical Laudato si’: “On Care for our Common Home” and the Earth Charter, “Earth, Our Home”

By Leonardo Boff
Earth Charter International
August 4, 2015

By Rachel Findley and Shelley Tanenbaum

BeFriending Creation
Newsletter of Quaker Earthcare Witness

Volume 28, Number 4

July-August 2015

http://www.quakerearthcare.org/sites/quakerearthcare.org/files/bfc/bfc2804_0.pdf

July 31, 2015
By Jack Jenkins
Climate Progress

More than 180 evangelical Christian leaders signed a letter this week backing President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, the latest...

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Among Republicans, Catholics More Likely to Believe that Global Warming is Happening and Support Policies to Reduce It

By Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Summer 2015