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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 …
Global Catholic climate group rebrands as Laudato Si' Movement
… for all of us that the climate crisis persists," from flashfloods in Europe and Asia, to wildfires and intense heatwaves in the U.S. and Africa. "And it's affecting more people than …
EarthBeat Weekly: Laudato Si' reminds us that ecological conversion must be communal
… It is hard to ignore recent signs — the hot, dry weather creating perfect conditions for wildfires in the U.S. West, the burning tundra in Siberia, the deadly flooding in parts of …
Links: Race in schools; China's map complaint; Republicans vs. public health
… Now they want to restrict public health measures. At a time when the virus is spreading like wildfire. Relatedly, and also at WaPo, columnist E.J. Dionne points out that Republican officials …
Rich nations 'must consign coal power to history,' says UK COP26 president
… new coal plants. After catastrophic floods swept across northwest Europe last week and as wildfires continue to rage across southern Oregon in the United States, energy and climate …
Global climate change is also a spiritual crisis
… Northwest of the United States and Canada, killing more than 100 people ; the early onset of wildfires in the West; devastating droughts across many parts of the United States, while in …
Conference primes US church for bolder responses to Laudato Si', climate change
… the ways in which climate change has impacted their lives, including devastating heatwaves and wildfires in the western United States and February's deadly freeze in Texas. Despite fears about …
EarthBeat Weekly: We need a new relationship with the rest of creation — and with our stuff
… in September. In recent days, we've also seen record-breaking temperatures and widespread wildfires in the western U.S., with a dozen states reporting more than 70 active large fires . At …
Two more First Nations churches in Canada destroyed in 'suspicious' fires
… at 4:45 a.m. Police said the Chopaka fire spread to nearby brush but was quickly put out by BC Wildfire crews before it could spread. Sgt. Jason Bayda of the Penticton South Okanagan RCMP said …
EarthBeat Weekly: Despite actions against Big Oil, demand for fossil fuels remains high
… Food and Agriculture Organization. Persistent drought in the western U.S. raises the risk of wildfires again this year, and contamination is combining with dry weather to threaten water …
Drought parching western U.S. brings water shortages, wildfires
… to climate change. A drier West also means the likelihood of earlier and more large-scale wildfires. Yet, despite adding 15 million more residents, California is using no more water than …