From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): As a person of faith, we are called to live out our love for the sacred and for our neighbors through our advocacy to protect the earth upon which we all depend. In 2017, … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): You’ve probably heard that the administration wants to weaken the clean car standards that are set to nearly double our current fuel economy by 2025. It is imperative that people of faith show that … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): At the behest of President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to gut the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever federal standards for global warming emissions from power plants. Now, Acting … Continued
Posted at https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/global-warming-may-be-twice-what-climate-models-predict Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models and sea levels may rise six metres or more even if the world meets the 2°C target, according … Continued
James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action Oliver Milman in New York @olliemilman, Tue 19 Jun 2018 01.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 11.40 EDT Thirty years after a … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has been called to appear before the Environment and Public Works Committee in the Senate on January 31. This is the Senate committee that has … Continued
January 16, 2018 10.12pm EST •Updated January 17, 2018 4.02pm EST Jason Kirk Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies, Elon University World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron. AP Photo/Francois Mori The World Bank, which provides … Continued
New York, NY In the face of mounting environmental catastrophes across the globe, some 98 religious and ethical organizations and individuals have called on five US banks to cease financing fossil fuel projects due to their destructive impact on life-giving … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/07/unprecedented-lofoten-declaration-demands-managed-decline-fossil-fuel-industry With far-reaching document, 220 organizations call for rapid, global transition to achieve low carbon future Published on Thursday, September 07, 2017 by Common Dreams By Julia Conley, staff writer The Lofoten Declaration is aimed at ramping up … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-10/climate-change-air-quality/scientists-say-epas-pruitt-wrong-on-global-warming/a56798-1 March 10, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A 2009 EPA endangerment finding declared carbon dioxide pollution a danger to human health. (Riffsyphon1024/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Scientists reacted strongly … Continued