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The new national coalition will empower congregations with concrete steps to address climate change in their communities

PR Newswire
May 7, 2014

LONGWOOD, Fla. – Today marks the launch of Blessed Tomorrow, a new national interfaith coalition of religious leaders committed to inspiring and engaging people of faith to...

May 6, 2014
By Andrew C. Revkin
Dot Earth

Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director at the 2014 Joint Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

United Nations Environment Programme
May 6, 2014

Rome - Sometimes, to look afresh at the problems of today, we need to take a wider view. Not just decades, or...

Action Needed Now - EcoDharmic Justice!

Hindu American Seva Communities Press Release                 
May 6, 2014

An unprecedented massive legal campaign led by young Americans is playing out in courtrooms across the nation

By Amel Ahmed
Aljazeera America
May 4, 2014

Young people across the country are suing several government agencies for failing to develop a climate change recovery plan, conduct that amounts to a violation of their constitutional rights, says their lawyer Julia...

Here are five reasons from an evangelical Christian climate scientist.

By Chris Mooney
Slate
May 3, 2014

May 2, 2014
By Brian Roewe  
National Catholic Reporter

A Vatican conference kicking off Friday has brought together academics and experts from across the globe to address sustainability issues related to both people and the planet.