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Pope Francis Calls For Urgent Action On Climate Change In Encyclical
2015-06-18 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Pope Francis has delivered a scathing indictment of the global economy. In his long-awaited encyclical on the environment, officially released today, he blames consumerism for the degradation of the planet. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli says the document is both a call for immediate action to stop global warming and a cry for justice for the poor. SYLVIA POGGIOLI, BYLINE: Taking his cue from his namesake, Saint Francis, the pope refers poetically to the planet as, our sister, Mother...
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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 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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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...
With City Council set to consider Vision Zero goal, Portland takes action to improve transportation safety for everyone
2015-06-17 19:35:21| PortlandOnline
The City of Portland is poised to make major strides in implementing a Vision Zero transportation safety goal this week, including City Council policy actions, potential new speed control authority and a new driver safety pledge intended to help all Portlanders travel more safely.
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