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Catholics petition Trump to uphold climate actions
… through a transition to clean energy and energy efficiency. A recent report showed the solar industry had its largest ever fiscal quarter in 2016’s third quarter, with a 191 percent increase in solar installation compared to the same time a year earlier. The nation’s first offshore wind …
Fidel Castro left Cuba a green legacy
… to renewable energy sources. There are now nearly 10,000 operating windmills and a growth in solar energy. Biomass generators now supply nearly 15 percent of the country's electricity. There … regions. Virtually all of the country's sugar mills are now powered by waste from the cane. Solar ovens and other appropriate technologies are now commonplace in rural areas. Significantly, …
Climate action gets smaller, one oasis at a time
… virtue of urban density that is actually, surprisingly, green. I can probably afford a solar water heater priced at 400 euros I saw for sale in the Green Zone here at COP22, the United …
Editorial: Raise your voice in defense of creation
… encouraging their members and other Catholics to take steps of their own — such as installing solar, divesting from fossil fuels, taking energy-efficiency measures, making lifestyle changes …
Parish provides rechargeable solar lamps to its Ugandan 'twin'
… George Goss … A $5 solar lamp that could help save the environment — and lives — all the while enabling school … , a nonprofit that partners with the Catholic church in Africa to distribute rechargeable solar lamps to families without electricity. 1.3 billion people worldwide live without electricity. The solar lamps reduce the use of kerosene lamps which emit toxic black carbon, the number two …
After COP22, the importance of sub-national groups
… real the full name of the COPs — the Conference of the Parties. I like to call this approach solar or wind spirituality. Andrus calls it “faith plus,” and talked about how many scientists …
USCCB and Pope Francis are singing from different hymnals
… I fear the answer is that they are not doing much. Why are our church buildings not installing solar panels? Why are our Catholic colleges and universities not highlighting work creating new …
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
… the influence of the Persians and/or Egyptians, who represented their sun god as a winged solar disk who brought light and, therefore, life to all. Malachi understood the title “sun of …
COP22 gets underway with cautious statements about Trump's climate ideas
… behind," she said. "No matter what happens, Donald Trump can't change the fact that wind and solar energy are rapidly becoming more affordable and accessible than dirty fossil fuels," said …
Voters reject nearly all ballot measures on issues of Catholic concern
… would have restricted the ability of homeowners to sell electricity created through rooftop solar panels. …
The Best of the Field Hospital
… of Guadalupe Parish campus features an array of "living green" initiatives -- projects like solar panels, water catchment, recycling and energy monitoring. However, the long-term example …
Sparking a reformation that cares for the environment
… to a spark. I imagine sparking a new fire and adding all the twigs I can find to that fire. Solar energy. Wind energy. Taxing fossil fuels even more deeply. Wearing baseball caps that don't …
In case you missed it, Ken Bone's question raised legit concerns about energy
… in this country. Now, I’m all for alternative forms of energy, including wind, including solar, et cetera. But we need much more than wind and solar. And you look at our miners. Hillary Clinton wants to put all the miners out of business. …
A struggling Cleveland parish digs deep to help Haitian mission
… mastery and cuisine. Blessed Trinity also helped dig two wells for clean water and purchased solar panels to alleviate all-too-frequent power failures. Over the past five years about 20 … for the growing ministry. But the coffee plants, the sewing machines, the generator, and the solar panels were almost certainly destroyed by the hurricane, and the wells may be contaminated …
Haiti's first cardinal: 'Great strides have been made in the country'
… needs. He said there are resources that Haiti could be using for its own use, including solar and wind power. Langlois said Haitians "have a right to be worried about climate change" …
Monterey, Calif., diocese enters 'new era' with sustainable energy program
… energy in their church infrastructure. Part of that includes exploration of installing rooftop solar arrays where possible. A first step in the new project came July 17 at Resurrection Church … Forming a CCE would cut fossil fuel reliance in half within a year through expanded use of solar and wind energy, with those sources providing as much as 85 percent of electricity … electricity sold would return to the community through lower energy bills or construction of solar fields and wind farms -- and with them, local jobs. Garcia noted that Sonoma County, a …
'Birth of a Nation' gives much to discuss
… Nat's impassioned sermons. Nat hears God speaking to him and sees dark wonders in the sky (two solar eclipses) that he takes as confirmation of his plans. While his grandmother's death gives …
Candidates, party platforms differ on need for climate change action
… He has expressed skepticism about the future of alternatives to fossil fuels such as solar and wind energy. The GOP nominee told a crowd of oil and gas executives meeting in …
Seminary professor studies churches impacted by Katrina
… video tells the story. In sunny southern California, a parish from the San Diego diocese goes solar. [Peter Feuerherd is a correspondent for NCR's Field Hospital series on parish life and a …
Francis meets Facebook founder: friendly, if not yet 'friends'
… meeting with the pope, Zuckerberg also posted a photo of himself showing Francis a model of a solar-powered aircraft, named Aquila, "that will beam internet connectivity to places that don't …