Religion News Service Evangelicals are losing their climate skepticism No wonder the pushback on President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has thus far been minimal. https://religionnews.com/2021/04/28/evangelicals-are-losing-their-climate-skepticism/
Otis Moss III Otis Moss III: Care for the land is intimately tied to Black liberation https://faithandleadership.com/otis-moss-iii-care-land-intimately-tied-black-liberation
The Guardian Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/12/fifth-of-nations-at-risk-of-ecosystem-collapse-analysis-finds
Mark Feldmeir When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. Axiom #1: When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then…
Uncategorized A life insurance policy on the planet In the debate over climate change, does it not make logical sense to take out a life insurance policy on the planet? If there is any chance that the prevailing…
Diana Butler Bass The earth as part of the body of God The late Irish Catholic priest and philosopher John O’Donohue called the land “the firstborn of creation” and the “condition of the possibility of everything.” The earth itself, he insisted, holds…
Bill McKibben Are We Past the Peak of Big Oil’s Power? By Bill McKibben https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/are-we-past-the-peak-of-big-oils-power?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned
New York Times In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record,…
Uncategorized The Gospel of Climate Change Skepticism The United Nations has called climate change “the defining issue of our time.” In some corners, the global response to climate change is more urgently discussed than ever. And yet,…
Sojourners Do You Live Near The Toxic 100? A report today released by the United Church of Christ identifies the nation’s “Toxic 100” super polluters, naming the factories and facilities responsible for nearly half the toxic air emissions…
Uncategorized 25 Books That Teach Kids To Care About The Environment These stories feature messages about recycling, the beauty of nature, environmental activism and more. https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/childrens-books-environment_l_5d66f45de4b063c341fa409c
The Guardian EU aims to stir global action with pledge on climate crisis from The Guardian Brussels sets goal to halve emissions by 2030 and become first climate-neutral continent by 2050 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/11/eu-aims-to-stir-global-action-with-pledge-on-climate-crisis
Uncategorized 87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change from Weather.com https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus
Uncategorized Trump’s EPA is checking off an anti-environment wish list. Here’s who will suffer. Every day that the EPA quietly ticks off another item, the social and financial consequences are being shifted from polluters to at-risk communities. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-epa-checking-anti-environment-wish-list-here-s-ncna1086321
Uncategorized NEW REPORT: EARTH’S TEMPERATURE LIKELY MARKS HOTTEST DECADE ON RECORD BY MATTHEW GREEN, REUTERS https://sojo.net/articles/new-report-earths-temperature-likely-marks-hottest-decade-record
The Guardian Coal power becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover from The Guardian The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s of…
The Guardian John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’ from The Guardian Bipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/01/john-kerry-coalition-climate-crisis
Uncategorized World’s Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil and Coal in Victory for the Climate Movement from EcoWatch https://www.ecowatch.com/eib-fossil-fuel-divestment-2641351165.html
Religion News Service Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/07/pope-francis-reflects-on-3-decades-of-international-cooperation-on-climate-change/
The Guardian ‘The climate doesn’t need awards’: Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize The teen activist implored politicians and people in power to ‘listen to the best available science’ in an Instagram post https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/greta-thunberg-declines-award-climate-crisis
Father James Martin Jesus enjoyed the beauty of creation. We can do the same. The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on paying attention to and appreciating the beauty of creation. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/20/jesus-enjoyed-beauty-creation-we-can-do-same
