January 2016 News

January 30, 2016
By Lucia Ann Silecchia, Leslie Carothers, Bob Perciasepe, and Caroline Farrell Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 46, Pp. 10006 (I-2016); CUA Columbus School of Law Legal...
January 29, 2016
January 28, 2016By Tobin Perry, Baptist PressChristian Telegraph Charnisha Brown could describe in one word her feeling when she first realized that the water coming out of...
January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter The Gospel story of the feast of the multiplication of loaves and fish ends with Jesus instructing his disciples to...
January 24, 2016
January 23, 2016By Derek WelchWorld Religion News Interfaith effort responds to Michigan’s Contaminated water supply. The Flint water crisis has pushed state and...
January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016 By Maya Chandra Yale Daily News 2015’s best advocate for the rights of the environment may very well be the Pope. And if other religious leaders follow...
January 22, 2016
The Turtle Mountain Band was among the first tribes to ban the drilling process. Here’s the difference it made. By Sarah van GelderYes! MagazineJanuary 21, 2016 Drive...
January 21, 2016
January 20, 2016By Barb Powell and Lauren Markoe Christian Century The Michigan bodies of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) launched...
January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016By Maria GodoyNPR Separation of church and state? When it comes to fighting food waste, the U.S. government is looking to partner up with the faithful. The...
January 16, 2016
January 15, 2016World Council of Churches Implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change sharpened discussion of the 2015 papal encyclical Laudato Si’ at a UN...
January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, on Friday spoke during a special event in...
January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016By Traci BadaluccoNational Catholic Reporter The Catholic community in Michigan is ramping up its efforts to support Flint residents affected by the recent...
January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016 By Oscar Cantú   Morning Consult In the wake of the historic Paris climate agreement, many commentators have focused on the extraordinary...
January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016 Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=0014d87998&e=a758405790
January 13, 2016
By Lloyd Steffen, Professor, Religion Studies; University Chaplain; Director, Dialogue Center and Lehigh Prison Project, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Huffington...
January 9, 2016
A papal encyclical aimed at caring for the environment has given clergy a renewed imperative for responsible action By T.J. PignataroThe Buffalo NewsJanuary 9, 2016 Look at...
January 9, 2016
January 9, 2016By Stephen Gardiner Washington Post Climate change presents a severe ethical challenge, forcing us to confront difficult questions as individual moral agents,...
January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016By John Nagle Washington Post Climate will have such a profound effect on the earth that we will need to reconsider our relationship with the natural...
January 6, 2016
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January 5, 2016
January 5, 2016University of North Texas The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture is pleased to announce that J. Baird Callicott is the...
January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016By Joachim PhamGlobal Sisters Report Religious representatives promised to work to protect the environment and cope with climate change at a national...
January 3, 2016
January 2, 2016By Russell L. MeyerPalm Beach Post During his visit to the United States in September, Pope Francis told the American people that “climate change is a...
January 2, 2016
January 1, 2016By Robert StavinsHuffington Post The Paris Agreement, a truly landmark climate accord, which was gaveled through today, December 12, 2015, at 7:26 pm (Paris...