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Pope Francis Laudato Si encyclical expresses moral obligation fight climate change
2015-06-18 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In a highly anticipated papal letter released June 18, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to make safeguarding the environment and battling climate change an urgent and top priority of the 21st century. In the lengthy treatise, more broadly addressed to every person who lives on Earth, the pope lays out a moral case for supporting sustainable economic and population growth as part of the churchs mission and humanitys responsibility to protect Gods creation for future generations. While...
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Will Pope Francis's encyclical become his 'miracle' saved the planet?
2015-06-18 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theres a chance it will, for two reasons. First, the moral force the pope brings to bear may kindle that most fragile necessity: political will. Second, his declaration of the atmosphere as a common good, owned by all for all, may help settle the enduring argument about which nations have the responsibility to act. The rich owe the poor, he says. Climate change, the mass extinction of species and the poisoning of the oceans have been unfolding like slow-motion disasters for decades and universally...
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Release of encyclical reveals popes deep dive into climate science
2015-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: He warns of synthetic agrotoxins harming birds and insects and bioaccumulation from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and maximum energy efficiency. And although he offers prayers at the beginning and end of his heavily anticipated missive on the environment, Pope Francis unmasks himself not only as a very green pontiff, but also as a total policy wonk. In the 192-page paper released Thursday, Francis lays out the argument for a new partnership between science and religion...
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Pope Francis calls for climate action in draft of encyclical
2015-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Pope Francis offers a broad vision of an endangered planet, partly blaming human activity and fossil fuels for climate change while calling for people of all religions to take swift action, according to a leaked draft of his much-awaited environmental encyclical that was posted online Monday by an Italian magazine. The unauthorized release of the 192-page draft, published by LEspresso, angered officials at the Vatican, who warned that the document did not represent the final version of Francis...
Pope Francis blasts global warming deniers leaked draft encyclical
2015-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A draft of a major environmental document by Pope Francis says the bulk of global warming is caused by human activity and calls on people -- especially the worlds rich -- to take steps to mitigate the damage by reducing consumption and reliance on fossil fuels. In words likely to anger some of his conservative critics, the pope backs the science of climate change, saying plenty of scientific studies point out that the last decades of global warming have been mostly caused by the great concentration...
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