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Links: Trump-backed candidates; solar panels and union labor; IRS definition of 'church'
… Michael Sean Winters … From the Catholic Labor Network , a report on a recent installation of solar panels at St. Monica/ St. George Parish in Cincinnati. The company that did the … a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW, and they can install solar panels throughout the Midwest. Bishops need to approach " Laudato Si ' " not only as … of the faith but as managers of physical plants with too-high utility bills. Installing solar panels with union labor is a twofer. The Washington Post reports that Democrats are calling …
Faith groups respond to Sen. Manchin's surprise climate deal with shock, optimism
… in clean energy and transportation technologies, including $30 billion in tax credits for solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and processing of critical minerals. It also has tax credits for people to install clean energy and efficiency upgrades at home, including solar panels and heat pumps, and income-limited tax credits to purchase electric vehicles. In … tax incentives for energy efficiency in buildings (87%), tax rebates for electric vehicles and solar panels (77%), increasing funding to assist marginalized communities at greater risk of air …
Indigenous Ghost Dance teaches love of Earth and Jesus, 'He Who Makes Live'
… colonists turned into Nevada. While in a coma, Wovoka traveled to Heaven in a vision during a solar eclipse on Jan. 1, 1889. There he met an Indigenous Christ and saw the New Heaven and New …
Bishops conclude assembly with guidelines to better implement Laudato Si' in East Africa
… could not be adequately addressed "without providing alternatives such as promoting the use of solar and wind energy and other means of livelihood." In stressing the urgent need for more …
Puerto Rico's archbishop calls for island to adopt green energy, in line with Laudato Si'
… generate about 97% of the island's electricity. Puerto Rico's proximity to the equator makes solar energy plentiful, González says. "It's a gift from God to be the Island of the Sea and the … anthem. The archbishop suggests that Puerto Rican schools and churches should aim to switch to solar energy by 2030, and he lends support to the Queremos Sol ("We want the sun") campaign, …
African youth deliver environmental demands to bishops at Laudato Si' meeting
… for each of their 13 requests. They urged bishops to adopt renewable energy, including solar panels, in church institutions as a means to reduce consumption of fossil fuels, the major …
Catholic groups oppose EU vote to designate gas and nuclear energy as 'green'
… the move would slow the shift to renewables and divert needed investment dollars away from solar and wind energy projects. It also argued that few European countries stand to benefit …
As long as fossil fuels flow, dictators like Putin possess power
… and the means to enact a just transition to a safer future for all right now. Wind and solar remain the cheapest sources of electricity in most of the world. Investments in renewable …
Dartmouth touts progress on emissions, but critics see lack of urgency on climate
… has a natural ventilation system that relies on the glass facade in front to act as a "solar chimney," drawing heated air up and out of rooftop exhausts. Radiant heating and cooling … helping to insulate the spacious central atrium just inside. The roof supports 90 kilowatts of solar panels. "It's not anything super new or different," said James Pike, senior project … studying and testing low-carbon ways to heat the water, such as ground-source heat exchange or solar thermal. "Dartmouth is kind of a microcosm of anywhere — our infrastructure is as much as …
How Jesuit spirituality inspires, gives rise to great scientists
… data sent daily by telegraph; it also included a storm-forecasting service. He studied how solar activity impacts magnetic fields on Earth. Intense geomagnetic storms can wreak havoc on power grids, which is why NASA is tracking solar activity and memorialized the Jesuit with its technology, he said. SECCHI, an acronym for … Investigation, is the name of a series of instruments used on the two spacecraft observing solar storms. — U.S. Jesuit Fr. James Macelwane was a pioneering seismologist in the 20th …
9 million people die annually from 'overlooked' threat of pollution, says new health study
… address biodiversity loss and climate change, suggesting that a rapid transition to wind and solar energy will not only lower temperatures but pollution levels, too. "Pollution control is …