Native American groups as well as environmental advocates are challenging the State Department’s approval, based on its about-face on the environmental impact.
By Phil...
March 29, 2017By James Martin, S.J. America Magazine: The Jesuit Review
President Donald J. Trump has just signed measures rolling back significant parts of President Obama...
March 25, 2017Independent Catholic News
The Holy See has called on the United Nations to promote “responsibility for those who come after us”, in the areas of climate change...
March 24, 2017 By Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter
The Keystone XL transnational pipeline received a long-sought presidential permit Friday as the Trump administration...
March 23, 2017By Tracy L. BarnettGlobal Sisters Report
Kiad, Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama - “Bulu Bagama is my positive name. Luis Jiménez, my negative one...
March 22, 2017By Fredrick NzwiliReligion News Service
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) As she drives her family’s donkeys to a new borehole at the base of the Uuni Hills in...
March 21, 2017By Michael SafiThe Guardian
The Ganges river, considered sacred by more than 1 billion Indians, has become the first non-human entity in India to be granted the...
March 21, 2017BBC News
A court in northern Indian has given the Ganges and Yamuna rivers the status of “living human entities”.
The high court in the Himalayan state of...
March 16, 2017By Ethan GoffmanE – The Environmental Magazine
On February 22, police removed Native American protestors outside the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The...
March 16, 2017By Eleanor Ainge RoyThe Guardian
In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being.
The local Māori tribe of...
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March 15, 2017 By Robyn PurchiaSF Examiner
Since the George H.W. Bush administration, Mustafa Ali has worked to reduce the violence that pollution and climate change wreak...
March 14, 2017 By Marie Venner National Catholic Reporter
Vatican City - In late January, I had the opportunity to attend a small conference at the Pontifical Lateran...
March 10, 2017By Lilly Fowler Religion News Service
Washington - On a cold rainy morning, members of the American Indian tribes shouted “Water is sacred”...
March 10, 2017By Elizabeth Flock and Iman SmithPBS
Despite bitter cold, wind, rain and hail, hundreds of members of Native American tribes and supporters from around the...
March 10, 2017 By Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter
El Papa’s got a brand new car. And it’s electric.
In December, Pope Francis received a Nissan Leaf...
March 9, 2017 By Gail DeGeorge Global Sisters Report
As the Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious XVII wrapped up March 3 in Yangon, Myanmar, participants said they would carry...
March 3, 2017By Julia TraversNationofChange
“Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this...
