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Sacred Sites Research Newsletter (SSIREN)

July 2013

'Blessing the facts,' evangelical scientists urge Congress to reduce carbon emissions

July 15, 2013
By Coleen Jose
Environmental & Energy Daily

Evangelical scientists have urged members of Congress to act on climate change in a letter calling for legislation to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment.

The 200 signatories said they aim to bridge the gap between...

Interfaith Perspectives on Our Ecological Disaster

July 13, 2013
By John Dear
Huffington Post

“Everybody’s told me over and over and over again, it’s a done deal, it’s going to happen, how childish it is for everyone to protest it.” That’s what Bill McKibben, founder of the group 350.org and one of our leading environmental activists, told the New York Times a few days ago, referring to President Obama’s upcoming...

Reflections After Independence Day

July 11, 2013
By Miriam MacGillis
Genesis Farm

Somehow the spirit of the original Declaration of Independence carries an invitation to revisit it often. It is a living legacy whose potential is ever emerging in the unfolding of history. Like all visionary proclamations, it draws in its wake the unfinished aspirations of those early founders who shifted the human venture into...

The 4th Annual Healing Walk near Fort McMurray Alberta

A Different Way to Protect our Land, Air, Water and Climate from Tar Sands Expansion

July 2013
HealingWalk.org

The tar sands are growing out of control, destroying the climate for all Canadians and poisoning the water of everyone living downstream.  

On July 5th and 6th, people will come together from coast to coast to join First Nations and Metis in the...

CoE to debate disinvestment from fossil fuels

July 5, 2013
Independent Catholic News

The Anglican Diocese of Southwark passed a resolution yesterday calling on the General Synod of the Church of England to consider disinvestment from fossil fuels.

Church Dropping Fossil Fuel Investments

July 3, 2013
By The Associated Press
New York Times

Moccasins on the Ground at Takini on the Cheyenne River Reservation

July 1, 2013
By Owe Aku, International Justice Project
Red Nations Rising

United Church of Christ to become first U.S. denomination to move toward divestment from fossil fuel

July 1, 2013
By Micki Carter
United Church of Christ

A set of strategies to attack climate change — which includes a path to divestment from fossil fuel companies — was passed by General Synod 2013 Monday afternoon at the Long Beach Convention Center. This action on July 1 makes the United Church of Christ the first major religious body in the U.S. to vote to divest from...

Is Religion Good for Your Cat and Dog?

July 1, 2013
Oxford Animal Ethics

A new research project at Oxford will examine whether animals benefit or suffer thanks to religion.

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