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Hope for creation never runs dry
… from policies that damage to policies that heal the environment. Places of worship install solar panels, demolition changes to deconstruction, and the poor become owners of bricks, doors …
How four dioceses are actually doing something about the climate crisis
… the "building envelope." In January, five parishes and two high schools flipped the switch on solar installations as part of its solar pilot project. Solar is in the works at two more high schools, and plans are under way for …
Reducing a carbon footprint year by year
… But I kept my SUV for the few times I actually need that cargo capacity. Next it was getting solar panels, and sourcing the rest of my electricity from wind farms through Arcadia Power . …
Four factors driving pace, scale of climate action in U.S. dioceses
… After presentations there on the energy projects initiative, and following press coverage of solar installations at a Virginia parish and the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. , Catholic … There, the diocesan Laudato Si' Committee honored 11 parishes that have switched to solar power. The decision to recognize the solar parishes and schools was in part to affirm their efforts for the at-times difficult …
Amazon synod calling for courage from the church, says lay observer
… resistance in the Amazon to all industrial development, pointing to sustainable projects with solar panels and tourism. But any development, she said, must be done in consultation with local …
Washington Archdiocese's solar array touted as model for church agencies
… on Catholic Charities, literally, Oct. 17 as Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory blessed a solar array installed on five acres of the agency's land surrounding the Missionaries of … Peace home. About half of of the array's 5,072 panels have been installed. It is the largest solar project in Washington and is expected to be completed and operational by early 2020. "The …
Your thoughts on impeachment, part two
… the truth, add obstructing justice. Yes, lower unemployment. Drilling creates jobs right away. Solar creates more jobs and a clean environment. We have a hundred years of proven oil reserves. …
'Americans are waking up': Two-thirds say climate crisis must be addressed
… started a wave of school walkouts to demand action. Thunberg recently arrived in the US on a solar-powered yacht , ahead of a major United Nations climate summit in New York on Sept. 23. …
US church must repair its relationship with organized labor
… our shared opposition to libertarian economics. In Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley installed solar panels at the chancery in suburban Braintree. The company that installed the panels, …
Lamenting the destructive legacy of a disruptive president: Trump at G-7
… gets about one percent of its electricity from renewable sources despite having ample wind and solar resources. The money spent rebuilding the archaic grid is gone forever. Foreign powers may …
Links for 8/20/19
… Also at Politico , Luiza Ch. Savage on the ways China is overtaking the United States in solar and wind technology. President Donald Trump's unwillingness to admit the reality of climate …
El Paso response to violence called an 'outpouring of love'
… is not especially difficult here. What El Paso is dealing with now in terms of migrants, solar energy, and water consumption is what most communities will be dealing with in coming …
Links for 7/30/19
… structural change: Building a clean energy infrastructure on an island with ample wind and solar resources but where, today, only 1% of the island's power comes from those renewable …
Gov. Rosselló is out, but much more is needed to better Puerto Ricans' lives
… economic growth that include a new electric grid harnessing God's plentiful gifts of wind and solar power on the island. Since 2015, my greatest personal and professional privilege has been …
Climate should be 'a central priority' for US church, says Bishop McElroy
… after the encyclical's release, he encouraged pastors in his diocese to explore installing solar panels at their churches. So far, about half of the 97 parishes have done so, with more to …
Copy Desk Daily, July 18, 2019
… expects her: … The night I found God at the kitchen sink … ICYMI: The largest ground-based solar array to date in the nation's capital is … being built by the Catholic Church … . Want to …
Vatican City State set to end sale of single-use plastics
… The Vatican has long been working to get green, most notably with the installation of a solar power system on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall in 2008. After starting a recycling …
Catholic Charities to build D.C.'s largest solar array
… Brian Roewe … The largest ground-based solar array to date in the nation's capital is being built by the Catholic Church. Catholic Charities of the Washington Archdiocese announced plans July 10 for a 2-megawatt solar array consisting of 5,000-plus panels that will provide enough renewable power to offset …
Newly elected, very blue Democrats put the party at risk
… culture. Whether it's environmental activists who do not care about making sure their solar projects are done with union labor, pro-choice activists who view those of us concerned …
Amid climate threat, Catholics pursue ecological conversion in US church
… about Immaculate Conception Church in southeastern Virginia's recent transition to 100% solar power . After all, it was the search for solutions to a more eco-conscious church that …