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Five years after Paris, the ecological alarm is ringing loud and clear
… road map to 2030? There are steps toward the Paris goals to celebrate (for example, efforts on divestment from fossil fuels by many institutions, bans on single-use plastic in some regions, …
Students, faculty demand change in policing on Catholic campuses
… to confront racism, by cutting ties with local police departments and reforming or divesting from their campus security forces. At Loyola University Chicago, students in the Our …
Simple Advent, Abundant Life: signs of hope
… in advocating for change through our involvement on campus; through pushing our university to divest from fossil fuels and to devote more resources to sustainability projects and staff. In …
Prisons and law enforcement are not the solution to our social problems
… communities." It is characterized by the privatization of public goods and services, divestment from social welfare, and investment in institutions of state violence. In this view, …
EarthBeat Weekly: World's hunger for gold deadly for miners, environment
… … Here's what's new on EarthBeat this week: … Forty-two more Catholic organizations pledged to divest from fossil fuel investments or continue their non-investment policy, bringing to more …
Nuclear weapons are illegal: 50 nations ratify historic UN treaty
… rights during the transition process? What if the churches called for complete financial divestment from all institutions involved with the nuclear weapons complex? What if the churches …
42 Catholic institutions to divest from fossil fuels, bring total to over 200
… the United Reformed Church — and the human rights-focused American Jewish World Service also divested, making this the largest joint divestment announcement by faith institutions to date, according to organizers . In May, another 42 faith organizations in 14 countries announced their intent to divest. Both joint announcements were the result of a campaign by the Global Catholic Climate …
EarthBeat Weekly: Looking back at a year of EarthBeat
… Development Goals. Creighton University president rejects student recommendation to divest from fossil fuels (Feb. 20): Jesuit Fr. Daniel Hendrickson initially opted not to act on a November student referendum calling for full divestment, though the university later approved a partial divestment plan , though students press for more. How the University of Dayton divested from fossil fuels — and what happened to its bottom line (July 14): The Ohio-based …
Pope: Time is running out to fix economy, protect the Earth, help the poor
… need to commit themselves to the integral care of the common home." The pope recommended divesting from stock in "companies that do not meet the criteria of integral ecology and …
EarthBeat Weekly: Church awareness of Amazon destruction increasing, but still not enough, indigenous leaders say
… new in other climate news this week: … The Church of England Pension Board this week finished divesting its portfolio of all holdings in Exxon Mobil Corp., because "the oil giant failed to …
EarthBeat Weekly: Following in St. Francis' footsteps as Season of Creation ends
… this week: … Matthew Taylor reports in The Guardian that Cambridge University plans to divest from fossil fuel investments by 2030 and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero …
Election 2020: How seven climate-conscious young Christians are deciding their vote
… in the Green New Deal, as well as the recently passed Great American Outdoors Act, while divesting from activities that harm the environment. As for how this election has her feeling, …
Prophetic voices for climate action: learn from other young people of faith acting for climate
… Movement in Kenya and The Malawi Creation Care Network. Aaron Salzman, United States, Catholic Divestment Network and Laudato Si' Generation member. Luiz Filipe Fialho, Environmental Activist …
African Catholic climate activists warn against proposed pipeline
… Fredrick Nzwili … Catholic News Service … As Catholic groups worldwide divest from fossil fuels, some priests, environmental conservationists and activists in East …
EarthBeat Weekly: A legacy of rollbacks
… hospitals are taking a hard look at their own greenhouse gas emissions, faith groups are divesting from fossil fuels and the U.S. bishops have expressed support for a proposed tax on …
What is the Season of Creation?
… Some Catholic groups have used the time to publicly declare their commitment to financially divest from fossil fuels, as the Assisi Diocese in Italy and 30-plus other institutions did in …
Franciscan Sisters give NCR $1.5 million to help 'wake up the world'
… said articles reporting such action steps as increased investment in renewable energy and divestment from fossil fuels have also enjoyed strong audience response. Barbara Fraser, who …
'Sue us,' says Philippine bishop after Duterte criticizes pastoral letter
… of the court's members. Pabillo, however, has said that being bishops or clergymen did not divest them of their civil and political rights to free speech, because they are still citizens …
EB Weekly: Revisiting integral ecology amid the heat wave and surging coronavirus
… week … : Staff writer Brian Roewe revisits the 2014 decision by the University of Dayton to divest from fossil fuels , explaining how and why they did it -- and what's happened to their …
Copy Desk Daily, July 14, 2020
… articles that have crossed our desks on their way to you. … How the University of Dayton divested from fossil fuels — and what happened to its bottom line: … "In June 2014, the … in the United States. The Marianist school in western Ohio made the public commitment to divest its entire investment portfolio — then $670 million, with half a billion in its endowment …