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Obama praises Pope Francis for making case on climate change
2015-06-18 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama praised Pope Francis for issuing a papal document on Thursday calling for action on climate change and said he looked forward to discussing the issue when the two meet at the White House in September. In the document, known as an encyclical, Pope Francis called for a change in lifestyle in rich countries to save the planet from environmental ruin and gave his firm backing to scientists who say global warming is thanks largely to human activity. "I welcome His Holiness Pope...
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Pope Francis Calls for Urgent Action to Fight Climate Change
2015-06-18 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In a highly anticipated papal letter released Thursday, 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 church`s mission and humanity`s responsibility to protect God`s creation for future generations....
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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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Pope Calls for Global Action on Climate Change and Environmental Problems
2015-06-18 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Pope Francis released today his highly anticipated encyclical, which is largely focused on halting climate change and environmental degradation and emphasizes the importance of protecting impoverished communities from the worst effects. This is the first such letter from a leader of the Catholic Church to address environmental issues, analysts say. Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political, Pope Francis wrote. It represents one of the...
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Pope Francis: Humans Are Turning the Earth Into an Immense Pile of Filth
2015-06-18 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This is an excerpt from Pope Francis encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si. The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are now covered with rubbish. Industrial waste and chemical products utilized in cities and agricultural areas can lead to bio-accumulation in the organisms of the local population, even when levels of toxins in those places are low. Frequently no measures...
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