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Fracking will ruin sacred, preserved sites in the 'American cradle of civilization' - lawsuit

March 14, 2015
RT

A Navajo advocacy group has asked a federal judge to halt hydraulic fracking permits in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, claiming that drilling threatens a historic UNESCO heritage site considered sacred by Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo peoples.

Pope Francis and the Environment: Yale Examines Historic Climate Encyclical

Cardinal hints at main themes in Pope's climate change encyclical

Leader of Catholic church will offer leaders hope, says official, and address causes of poverty and environmental degradation  

By Ed King
RTCC
March 12, 2015

A senior Vatican Cardinal who helped craft Pope Francis’ expected encyclical on the environment has offered some clues on what it will contain.

Hispanics Lead U.S. Catholics on Climate Change

March 11, 2015
By Katie Rose Quandt
Commonweal

“A Christian who does not protect creation, who does not let it grow, is a Christian who does not care about the work of God.”

Turkson talks papal encyclical, 'integral ecology' at Irish lecture

March 10, 2015
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Offering a possible glimpse into the upcoming papal encyclical on ecology, a top Vatican official stated that disagreements over the cause of climate change do not preclude the need for action, and that religion plays a vital role in bringing about meaningful and lasting solutions.

PhD position in Ethics and Social Responsibility of Deep Sea Mining

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim

http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/111362/phd-positions-in-ntnu-ocean-science-and-technology-deep-sea-mining...

The Environment's Pope

By John L. Allen Jr.
Time
March 7, 2015

Francis is making the environment a top concern and speaking out against the ‘sin’ of ‘exploiting the Earth’

This month marks the second anniversary of Pope Francis’ election. The following is taken from THE FRANCIS MIRACLE: Inside the Transformation of the Pope and the Church by John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal Turkson sheds light on Pope Francis's environmental encyclical

March 6, 2015
By Bob Gronski
Catholic Rural Life

Papal envoy to UN: Climate change 'an issue of justice for everyone'

March 6, 2015
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Addressing climate change is “an issue of justice for everyone” and one requiring global cooperation, the Vatican envoy to the United Nations told the international body Friday.

“No one is exempt from either the impacts of climate change or our moral responsibility to act in solidarity...

Climate change: why the Guardian is putting threat to Earth front and centre

March 6, 2015
By Alan Rusbridger
The Guardian

As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking behind our major series on the climate crisis

Journalism tends to be a rear-view mirror. We prefer to deal with what has happened, not what lies ahead. We favour what is exceptional and in full view over what is...

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