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Pope demands 'action now' save planet from environmental ruin
2015-06-19 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor" and plunging the Catholic Church into political controversy over climate change. In the first papal document dedicated to the environment, he called for "decisive action, here and now," to stop environmental degradation and global warming, squarely backing scientists who say it is mostly man-made. In the encyclical "Laudato Si...
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Pope Francis "Bold Cultural Revolution" Needed Save Planet Climate Change & Consumerism
2015-06-18 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Noew: In his long-awaited encyclical on the environment and climate change, Pope Francis has called for swift action to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear "the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor." He called for a change of lifestyle in rich countries steeped in a "throwaway" consumer culture, and an end to "obstructionist attitudes" that sometimes put profit before the common good. Pope Francis said protecting the planet is a moral and ethical "imperative" for believers...
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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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On planet in distress, a papal call to action
2015-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Pope Francis has written the first papal encyclical focused solely on the environment, attempting to reframe care of the earth as a moral and spiritual concern, and not just a matter of politics, science and economics. In the document, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, he argues that the environment is in crisis cities to oceans, forests to farmland. He emphasizes that the poor are most affected by damage from what he describes as economic systems that favor the wealthy, and political...
Go veggie save the planet, says world champion freerunner Tim Shieff
2015-06-16 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tim Shieff, 27, is strong, incredibly strong. Hes been on TV shows American and UK Ninja Warrior, and MTVs Ultimate Parkour Challenge. Hes famous in the freerunning community for his one-armed handstand. And hes been known to scale buildings in London in the name of activism. In the Peoples Climate March last September, Shieff chose to protest from above the street, jumping building to building, eventually landing on a listed building that led to him being arrested. Two months later he was...
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