Global warming

The bills represent a "Kairos moment" that could set up the country's response to climate change for decades, said Avery Davis Lamb of Creation Justice Ministries. "And let me be clear it's not just a political window of opportunity — it's a moral window of opportunity," he said.

A program that mapped Houston’s hot spots can help other communities create plans to mitigate the effects of extreme heat. Heat disproportionately affects low-income communities, where families often lack air conditioning, rely on public transportation, and are more likely to have jobs outside.

Young people have a key role to play in bringing about transformations needed to slow global temperature rise, Catholic leaders say.

When the bishops gather virtually for their June 2021 meeting, all the attention will be focused on whether pro-choice Catholic politicians will be banned from Communion.

All life on Earth is sustained by vital biogeochemical systems, which are in delicate balance. Humans are destabilizing these Earth processes, endangering the stability of the "safe operating space for humanity."

The pandemic strained complex food supply systems in the U.S. and around the world. Experts say the pandemic has offered a glimpse of food supply problems that can be expected as global temperatures continue to rise.

Economic self-interest is unlikely to cause fossil fuel companies to act ethically, but moral outrage might — if it sparked "a real movement."

As the planet warms, billions of people will be left outside of the most habitable geographic areas