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EarthBeat Weekly: Climate change is the most critical environmental justice issue facing the world today
… Eucharist is a profound act of hope ," writes NCR contributor Rebecca Collins Jordan. As wildfires rage in Greece, the secretary-general of the country’s Catholic bishops' conference has …
Faced with COVID and climate change, the world needs our Communion
… on collective inoculation. Meanwhile, the Earth has made its own loud and bloody protests. Wildfires have again ravaged the western half of North America, their smoke found as far away as Siberia , which has even larger wildfires of its own. Last week, too, the now-infamous latest report from the Intergovernmental …
What will it take to accept the truth about global climate change?
… that what we have been witnessing in recent years in terms of extreme droughts, heat waves, wildfires, flooding and other destructive weather phenomena is only going to worsen in the …
Greek archbishop: Changes might be needed to prepare for future disasters
… Jonathan Luxmoore … Catholic News Service … As a wave of wildfires devastated parts of Greece, a Catholic archbishop said different policies might be … teams from across Europe, assisted by water-bombing helicopters, struggled to control wildfires wreaking havoc in Greece's Peloponnese and Attica regions, as well as on Evia, the …
EarthBeat Weekly: Sobering climate report points to need for wealthy countries to scale back lifestyles
… and record high temperatures — which already are causing droughts, as well as exacerbating wildfires in parts of Europe and the western U.S. — are a hallmark of rising global temperatures …
Addressing the US housing crisis must be a top priority for churches
… housing, grounded in the theology of ecology. Last year, I woke up to yellow skies from the wildfires that raged across my state — devastation that looked like something from Revelation, … in urban and suburban areas, it crops up in the rural areas that are most vulnerable to wildfires. Yet churches, often centrally located within a community, are positioned to build …
Environmental leaders: UN climate change report can spur prayerful action
… U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. Severe flooding, long-term drought, wildfires and extremes of heat and cold are all resulting from climate change, the report said. … have recently caused widespread flooding in Europe and China — and droughts that can lead to wildfires and the loss of tillable farmland. The report also projects a series of paths that …
Earth's climate outlook grim but not hopeless, faith leaders say
… a reminder that climate change did not go away in the midst of the pandemic, as evidenced by wildfires in California , Greece and Turkey, and major flooding in Europe and China. And it's …
Farmworkers' faith supports them in the fields and the fight for justice
… immigration status, lack of housing, unjust wages, little to no worker protections, intense wildfire seasons and grueling physical labor. For many, their Catholic faith provides hope and …
Climate change evidence 'unequivocal,' some impacts irreversible, report says
… the report says. Although the scientists did not analyze the heat waves, flooding and wildfires that have struck the United States, Europe and Siberia in recent weeks, the events are …
EarthBeat Weekly: Fires, floods, foot-dragging make climate action more urgent
… , including flooding in Europe and China, and extreme heat waves, which are exacerbating wildfires in places like the western U.S., Siberia and Turkey. Between now and the November …