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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 …
Copy Desk Daily, July 2, 2019
… Catholic Church … , a southeastern Virginia parish, to install the 440 panels of its new solar energy system. The system will generate 100% of the parish's energy use from the sun. Immaculate Conception is the first parish to complete a solar project with the Catholic Energies program of the Catholic Climate Covenant. The shift from …
A Virginia parish switched to 100% solar power — and paid nothing
… Virginia. In mid-June, the southeastern Virginia parish flipped the switch on a 142-kilowatt solar energy system that will generate 100% of the parish's energy use from the sun. A total of 440 solar panels now dot the roof of the church building. It is the first parish to complete a solar project with Catholic Energies, a program of the Catholic Climate Covenant aimed at helping …
In pastoral statement, California bishops outline Laudato Si' action plan
… Several dioceses, including those in San Diego and Monterey, have made strides to install solar arrays; a third of Monterey's church-owned facilities are now powered by the sun. In 2016, …
The fire of your love
… and Jesus will always be separated by these six months. And, given the regular rhythms of the solar system, the celebration of their births will always fall in polar opposite seasons of the …
Faith-based environmentalists see hope in Green New Deal goals
… said during the webinar. "That we involve local communities, and make sure that we're siting solar farms and wind farms in places where the communities welcome them and it's not adversely …
The suffering of Puerto Rican people continues to mount
… prevented the U.S. government from taking steps to convert its diesel-based electrical grid to solar and wind power, both of which are in abundance on the island yet account for only about 1% …
Links for 4/30/19
… in technology for storing electricity. This is making sustainable energy from wind and solar not only cheaper but more reliable. And the political implications? Here is the money …
Do no harm: Catholic hospitals confront their own carbon footprints
… in California, Arizona and Nevada. In May, it brought online 2-megawatt and 1.7-megawatt solar plants at two of its Nevada hospitals. The system has also installed more than 150 charging …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… lobbied for climate and environmental health policies. Dioceses and parishes have installed solar panels and examined energy usage. The church in Vermont held a Year of Creation . Hundreds …
New stars of the left need to learn to persuade
… bishops have done anything to address the issue. The Boston Archdiocese undertook some large solar installations, including one at the chancery, but where are the efforts from the other …
Tariffs and tension: Midterm concerns in Iowa show rural-urban split
… they use, practice no-till farming and draw much of their electricity from two rows of solar panels. He described his family as a "typical Iowa family" with strong feelings on both …
One year after Hurricane Maria, can Puerto Rico be made whole?
… sources were able to draw power from these sources soon after being hit by the hurricane. Solar and wind power are considered more resilient in the face of natural disasters. In Puerto …
Justice Action Bulletin: Stay of deportation; opposing prison corporations
… quickly received an eviction notice that was not immediately enforced, features a bathroom, solar power and a central gathering area. Organizers have asked to add an additional 16 residents …
Sustainability is a process, not a binary
… of life? What about the muddled community of readers and writers and car drivers who also have solar on their houses? What about those who go half and half at the altar of the free and the … and depleting sources of energy aren't going anywhere soon. They may not be here to stay, but solar and wind are not up to the transition between now and then. Surely, we are seeing more solar panels on houses than ever. Surely wind power is exciting aesthetic conversations in the …
Justice Action Bulletin: Catholic Worker homeless camp gets evicted
… seven residents in the camp, it has space for about 25 tents and features a bathroom, solar power and a central gathering area. Tenants cannot have substance abuse problems, severe …
Down to earth: Vatican brings together world's meteorite curators
… samples, he said, "provide a lot of useful information about the formation and history of the solar system, planets, comets and asteroids that would be unobtainable otherwise." As these alien …