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Why climate change concerns pro-life Christians
2014-09-09 01:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: This is not a column dedicated to bludgeoning those unmoved by liberals' warnings about climate change. It is an invitation to people, especially Christians, to think about what's happening to the water, and what will happen to us if there's not enough of it to go around. For whatever reason, 58% of California is in "exceptional drought," which is even worse than "extreme." Also in the headlines: a tap-water drinking ban in Toledo, Ohio, precipitated by Lake Erie algae blooms that researchers...
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Why Should Evangelical Christians Care About Climate Change?
2014-05-03 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelical Christian, has had quite a run lately. A few weeks back, she was featured in the first episode of the Showtime series The Years of Living Dangerously, meeting with actor Don Cheadle in her home state of Texas to explain to him why faith and a warming planet aren't in conflict. (You can watch that episode for free on YouTube; Hayhoe is a science adviser for the show.) Then Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people of 2014. Cheadle...
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Globe Trot: Christians facing new wave of attacks in Nigeria
2014-03-15 01:50:11| Airlines - Topix.net
NIGERIA: Militants attacked villages in Katsina state killing 69. Katsina has a large Christian population and dozens of churches were burned there following the April 2011 election of President Goodluck Jonathan.
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John Hawkins: 7 Examples of Discrimination Against Christians in America
2013-09-17 23:14:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
The majority of Americans are Christians, but we're not treated with respect by the culture, the schools, or by our politicians.
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Oklahoma scientists, Christians, urge congress to act on climate change
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oklahoma's Own: Two ORU professors are calling on Congress to take climate change seriously. They're part of a group of 200 scientists, who are also evangelical Christians, who have petitioned Congress to act now to help stem the tide of climate change. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey says our state has experienced the warmest year, the hottest summer, and the warmest spring on record--all in just the last two years. Climate change has become a hot-button political issue. Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe...
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