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Environment correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, on the EarthBeat.
In a week, Ronald Hicks will be installed as the 14th archbishop of New York. Catholics in NYC involved in environmental ministries are encouraged by Hicks' work as bishop of Joliet, IL on creation care, and hopeful he'll help root it even deeper into one of the country's largest dioceses.
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NY Catholics hope new archbishop Hicks will continue Laudato Si' efforts
In Joliet, Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks oversaw a number of efforts to embed ecological concern deeper into Catholic life, including joining the Vatican's premier initiative to live out Pope Francis'...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/ny-catholics-hope-new-archbishop-hicks-will-continue-laudato-si-efforts
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The Trump administration's move to withdraw from the 1992 bedrock UN climate change treaty amounts to the US "abandoning its moral responsibility as a leading global power and as the world's largest historical contributor to greenhouse gas emissions," said the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
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US 'abandoning its moral responsibility' with exit from bedrock climate treaty, Catholic groups say
The United States â the largest source of historical emissions and top user and producer of oil and gas â will stand as the only country in the world not part of the agreement.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-abandoning-its-moral-responsibility-exit-bedrock-climate-treaty-catholic-groups-say
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NEW: Inside the Trump administrationâs man-made hunger crisis in the worldâs third largest refugee camp. After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:
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ProPublica
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NEW: When the Trump administration took away her familyâs food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for â who ate and who didnât. By Brett Murphy &
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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trumpâs Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1765976421&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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A small group of Catholics in the Washington D.C. Archdiocese celebrated last month planting their 1,000th tree through Laudato Trees, an initiative inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 social encyclical on ecology "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."
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Laudato Trees program in DC Archdiocese plants its 1,000th tree
Just in time for the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si' and Christmas, the independent, lay-led program has planted 1,000 trees throughout the archdiocese's massive geographic footprint â but they're ...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/laudato-trees-program-dc-archdiocese-plants-its-1000th-tree
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Countries at the U.N. climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is undermining global efforts to stave off dangerous levels of global warming, say Catholic officials who attended the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, at the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
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UN climate summit in the Amazon falls short on fossil fuel phaseout plan
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is undermining global efforts against global warming, say Catholic officials who a...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/un-climate-summit-amazon-falls-short-fossil-fuel-phaseout-plan
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3 months ago
BREAKING: COP30 Blue Zone venue is being evacuated after a firealarm was triggered. Smoke visible.
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
Archaic procedures and technocratic framing have failed to address the climate crisis for 30 years. Frustration over the lack of progress boiled over into a short occupation of the COP30 negotiation zone on day two of the climate talks in Brazil.
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Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress - Inside Climate News
Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12112025/un-cop-climate-talks-favor-status-quo-not-progress/
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The Washington Post
3 months ago
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year, according to a report. At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the threshold experts agree would constitute catastrophic warming, the authors said.
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Despite surging renewables, fossil fuel emissions will hit record this year
Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/12/carbon-emissions-global-high-us-eu/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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NEW: The head of Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church's global aid network, said the massive scaleback in foreign assistance by the U.S., along with lesser cuts by European nations, signals "the golden age of aid being over." "We will see millions of people die as a result of these cuts."
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Caritas leader Q&A: 'The golden age of aid' is over
"We're not going to see that money coming back," said Alistair Dutton, Caritas Internationalis secretary general, who spoke with NCR about the ramifications of cuts in funding for international develo...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/caritas-leader-qa-golden-age-aid-over
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Last week, two waves of trucks supplied by Catholic Relief Services with tents and other shelter equipment rolled into Gaza. Following the latest ceasefire, the Catholic development agency has begun to ramp up its work to assist millions of Palestinians recover and rebuild after two years of war.
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Amid tenuous ceasefire, Catholic Relief Services restarts aid in Gaza
For CRS, the days since the Oct. 10 ceasefire have focused on reestablishing its networks, reconnecting with its distribution centers and reassessing need after two years of war and near-daily bombard...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/amid-tenuous-ceasefire-catholic-relief-services-restarts-aid-gaza
4 months ago
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Grist
4 months ago
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major âtipping pointâ A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major âtipping pointâ
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
https://grist.org/oceans/coral-reefs-climate-tipping-point/
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NEW: Ahead of the COP30 climate summit, the Holy See has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the Vatican City-State at least 28% by 2035. Key to those plans is a 1,000-acre solar farm outside Rome that is set to fully power the Vatican and make it the worldâs first carbon-neutral state.
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Vatican pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28%
The Holy See said it will cut its emissions within the Vatican City State by at least 28% by 2035 compared to 2011 levels.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/vatican-submits-new-climate-target-ahead-cop30-un-summit
4 months ago
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Los Angeles Times
4 months ago
California governor rejects bill to phase out "forever" chemicals used in cookware, children's products
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California governor rejects bill to phase out "forever" chemicals used in cookware, children's products
Gov. Gavin Newsom votoes bill to phase out a range of popular consumer products, including nonstick pots and pans, that contain synthetic chemicals with links to cancer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-13/nonstick-cookware-forever-chemicals-bill
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Grist
4 months ago
As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy. Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.
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As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.
https://grist.org/international/global-renewable-energy-report-2025-ember/
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Reuters
4 months ago
Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30
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Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30
Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the worldâs coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first âtipping pointâ in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.
https://reut.rs/4nTrk1G
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Thomas Reese
4 months ago
My
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#PopeLeo
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Pope Leo embraces Francisâ concerns on global warming and the environment
(RNS) â âThe challenges identified in Laudato Siâ are in fact even more relevant today than they were ten years ago.â
https://religionnews.com/2025/10/07/pope-leo-embraces-francis-concerns-on-global-warming-and-the-environment/
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Covering Climate Now
4 months ago
On Wednesday, the Pontiff delivered his first address on climate change at a conference taking place at the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo calling for a âtrue ecological conversion⊠that transforms both personal and communal lifestyles.â By
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Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment
The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.
https://buff.ly/2qkXUNK
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National Catholic Reporter
4 months ago
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV bluntly called out inequality and indifference to the plight of the poor in the first major teaching document of his pontificate.
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Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.
https://bit.ly/4obb3F6
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Two words continually rang out at a Vatican conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Pope Francis' socio-environmental encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." Hope and heart. Attendees saw both as pathways to draw more Catholics to the church's teachings on the environment.
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At Laudato Si' conference, Catholics stress hope, heart to animate church on climate
"In the face of this deepening crisis, how do we dare raise hope? Our answer is this: We do it together," said Yeb Sano, board director for the Laudato Si' Movement.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/laudato-si-conference-catholics-stress-hope-heart-animate-church-climate
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In 2021, Jane Goodall on a Vatican-sponsored webinar said she draws hope for better environmental conservation from young people, science and Pope Francis. "One of my reasons for hope is Pope Francis, because in that position ... his stand on the environment really has made a big difference."
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Jane Goodall with Vatican cardinal: Human survival depends on biodiversity
A Vatican-sponsored webinar this week paired famed primatologist Jane Goodall with Cardinal Peter Turkson for a conversation about the importance of preserving biodiversity to preserve life on Earth.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/jane-goodall-vatican-cardinal-human-survival-depends-biodiversity
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Opening a global church summit to mark the 10-year anniversary of Pope Francis' papal letter Laudato Si', Pope Leo XIV affirmed his predecessor's ecological vision while calling on Catholics to ensure creation care does not become a fading trend or fall into tribalism. Story
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Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment
The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-calls-true-ecological-conversion-words-action-environment
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Catholic and other faith-based organizations, including the U.S. bishops, submitted nearly 10,000 comments opposing the Trump administration's attempt to revoke the "endangerment finding" that underpins federal regulations on polluting emissions that drive climate change and harm human health.
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Thousands of Catholics oppose Trump plan to erase scientific basis for climate regulations
"My Catholic faith compels me to urge you to leave the Endangerment Finding in place," wrote Patricia Sills-Trausch, a staff member at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/thousands-catholics-oppose-trump-plan-erase-scientific-basis-climate-regulations
5 months ago
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6 months ago
I wrote about the em dash
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Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em DashesâPlease
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, itâs the most human punctuation mark there is.
https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/pop-culture/em-dash-use-ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-google-gemini
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"Disappointed but not surprised," said Sr. Patty Johnson in response to nations' failure earlier this month to reach a treaty to reduce pollution from plastics and minimize its related harms to human health and ecosystems from plastics. EarthBeat story for
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With no treaty to control plastics, concern over harm to people and planet grows
A global treaty to address plastic pollution remains elusive, but Catholic environmental activists remain hopeful for the reduction of this fossil fuel product that harms people and planet.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-treaty-control-plastics-concern-over-harm-people-and-planet-grows
6 months ago
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PBS News
6 months ago
Nations worked for 11 days to try to complete a landmark treaty. But they were deadlocked over whether the treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics.
https://to.pbs.org/3HBzCv9
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Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without an agreement
Nations worked for 11 days at the United Nations office to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis.
https://to.pbs.org/3HBzCv9
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Inside Climate News
6 months ago
In its proposal to repeal the EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration included language designed to prevent any effort by states to act on climate. But legal experts expect states wonât give up without a fight.
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Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate? - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082025/endangerment-finding-repeal-state-climate-actions/
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ProPublica
6 months ago
In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies. (Published April)
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Trumpâs War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working â and created a black hole of information whoseâŠ
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=8-12
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The Washington Post
7 months ago
Volkswagen lured hundreds of seasonal and informal workers to the Amazon in the 1970s and 80s, with the promise of a better life. But once there, the workers said, they were trapped â geographically isolated, ensnared by debt, sickened by malaria and forced to toil under threat of violence.
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Volkswagen kept a dark secret in the Amazon. Then a priest made a call.
Poor laborers were lured to the automakerâs cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say many were enslaved.
https://wapo.st/3GQLucu
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Grist
7 months ago
This EPA research office safeguarded Americansâ health. Trump just eliminated it. The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to lead.
grist.org/politics/thi...
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This EPA research office safeguarded Americans' health. Trump just eliminated it.
The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from pesticides to lead.
https://grist.org/politics/this-epa-research-office-safeguarded-americans-health-trump-just-eliminated-it/
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Brian Kahn
7 months ago
Why is the EPA administrator saying CO2 is "essential for life?"
@eroston.bsky.social
and I put together a glossary of the administration's climate language and the strategies behind the words
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The Associated Press
7 months ago
BREAKING: In a landmark climate decision, the UN's top court says a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right.
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UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
The United Nationsâs top court says that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law.
https://bit.ly/3TQAFKp
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The Washington Post
7 months ago
The United Nationsâ highest judicial body ruled that nations must prevent environmental harm and limit greenhouse gas emissions. The nonbinding decision pressures countries to fulfill climate pledges and opens doors for global climate cases.
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U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions
The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earthâs climate from planet-warming emissions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/23/world-court-climate-ruling/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Associated Press
7 months ago
BREAKING: At least 161 people are still missing after catastrophic floods in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott says.
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Texas governor says more than 160 people are still missing after deadly floods
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says at least 161 people are still missing days after flash floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas.
https://bit.ly/46D3yky
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Catholic churches and schools pursuing solar power for moral & economic reasons were dealt a major blow in Trump's tax-cut and domestic policy law. The legislation ends early clean energy tax credits, which faith-based organizations for the first time could access to make projects more affordable.
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Catholic solar projects in peril as GOP bill slashes clean energy tax credits
For religious organizations, loss of the rebates jeopardizes financing options for clean energy projects and is expected to result in millions of dollars less in energy cost savings that could otherwi...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/politics/catholic-solar-projects-peril-gop-bill-slashes-clean-energy-tax-credits
7 months ago
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Jeff Goodell
7 months ago
Just flipped on TV and caught
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It was Bobby Jenks who was on the mound, closing out Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, when cameras panning the crowd caught Fr. Robert Prevost -- now Pope Leo XIV -- in the stands. RIP.
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NPR
7 months ago
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
https://n.pr/4nl2x6K
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Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
https://n.pr/4nl2x6K
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The Associated Press
7 months ago
Legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder to learn what to expect from a warming world. See which ones the Trump administration pulled.
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Major reports about how climate change affects the US are removed from websites
Legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them.
https://bit.ly/4lElb89
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NEW: In a first-ever joint appeal, the continental bishops' conferences for Asia, Africa and Latin America - representing 821 million Catholics - called for the end of fossil fuels and nations to fulfill Paris Agreement commitments. The message is directed to the upcoming COP30 U.N. climate summit.
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Bishops of Asia, Africa, Latin America unite in unprecedented climate appeal
The 34-page letter sounding the alarm on climate change is the first-ever joint appeal issued by the continental conferences of Catholic bishops in Latin America, Africa and Asia, representing 821 mil...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/bishops-asia-africa-latin-america-unite-unprecedented-climate-appeal
7 months ago
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National Catholic Reporter
7 months ago
Congratulations to our News Editor Carol Zimmermann on receiving this yearâs St. Francis de Sales Award!
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In the wake of Pope Francis' death, officials with the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform are steadfast the ambitious project will continue as a blueprint for the church's 1.4 billion Catholics + 1000s of institutions to transform Francis' words in his 2015 encyclical into environmental actions.
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Vatican program to turn Laudato Si' words into environmental action presses forward
Continued engagement with the Vatican-sponsored Laudato Si' Action Platform suggests persistence of Catholic ecological efforts after Pope Francis' death and into the second decade since Laudato Si' w...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/vatican-program-turn-laudato-si-words-environmental-action-presses-forward
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Ten years ago today, Pope Francis released to the world his encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." With his death, what happens next with his powerful papal letter -- one aimed at animating decisive action -- is now in the hands of others, including Pope Leo XIV.
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What role will Pope Leo XIV play in the future of Laudato Si' ecological action?
The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope Francis, but instead will rely on others across the Catholic Church, including ...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/what-role-will-pope-leo-xiv-play-future-laudato-si-ecological-action
8 months ago
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Two multifaith coalitions this week are heralding the moral responsibility to protect the high seas at the third U.N. Ocean Conference, in France. "We must restore a relationship with the ocean that is guided by respect, responsibility, and sustainability." EarthBeat article
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Protect life by protecting the oceans, faith groups tell UN conference
Multifaith coalitions believe they bring not just moral clarity to the discussion, but local knowledge and perspectives in communities dependent upon the seas.
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/politics/protect-life-protecting-oceans-faith-groups-tell-un-conference
8 months ago
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ProPublica
8 months ago
This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. Itâs a new town. Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yupâik, began moving in around 2019. The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD đ§”
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The Verge
9 months ago
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would âkillâ the AI industry
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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would âkillâ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
https://buff.ly/82rXqFi
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CNN
9 months ago
The EPA is drafting a proposed regulation that would end all federal limits on planet-warming pollution generated by coal and gas-fired power plants.
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Trump EPA drafting a rule that would undo decades of progress on limiting pollution from power plants | CNN
The EPA rule would undo decades of progress on limiting US climate pollution and could drive up energy prices if expensive coal plants remain on the grid longer as a result.
https://cnn.it/4mF8R91
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In March 2023, severe storms flooded northwestern Peru, including parts of the Diocese of Chiclayo where Robert Prevost was bishop. Though soon heading to Rome in a new position, Prevost -- now known as Pope Leo XIV -- first donned his rubber boots and ministered to the people in the floodwaters.
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'A pope in muddy boots': Viral photos of Leo XIV reveal a history of pastoral care
Photos of "a pope in muddy boots" began circulating on social media shortly after Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as Pope Leo XIV. The story behind the images tells of a pastor in close kinship...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/pope-muddy-boots-viral-photos-leo-xiv-reveal-history-pastoral-care
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Saturday will mark 10 years since Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si'. The past decade has seen efforts worldwide to live its calls to preserve creation. Among the most ambitious are in a less expected spot: the mountains and coalfields of eastern Kentucky.
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In Kentucky coal country, Laudato Si' call takes shape in parish environmental plans
The Lexington Diocese's implementation of Laudato Si' is "one of the most comprehensive and inspiring examples of ecclesial commitment to integral ecology," said Alonso de Llanes of the Laudato Si' Ac...
https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/faith/kentucky-coal-country-laudato-si-call-takes-shape-parish-environmental-plans
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Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
Appreciation: George Wendt, quintessential Regular Guy
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Appreciation: George Wendt, quintessential Regular Guy
George Wendt, who died Tuesday, will be most remembered for his character on 'Cheers,' whom he played straight and without affectation.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-05-20/george-wendt-norm-cheers-died-appreciation
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