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  • Vatican City State is pesticide-free, imports green energy

    Vatican City State is pesticide-free, imports green energy

    • Dec 24, 2020

    The Vatican’s reforestation program has seen 300 trees of various species planted over the past three years, and “an important milestone” is the tiny nation “has achieved its goal of being pesticide-free,” Father Rafael Garcia de la Serrana Villalobos, told Vatican News in mid-December.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Religious investors ask energy firms to oppose EPA emission rollback plan

    Religious investors ask energy firms to oppose EPA emission rollback plan

    • Dec 9, 2018

    Nearly two dozen Catholic entities have joined other investors in urging major oil and natural gas producing companies to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rollback of standards governing greenhouse gas emissions.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Pope to oil execs: Clean energy an ‘epochal’ challenge

    Pope to oil execs: Clean energy an ‘epochal’ challenge

    • Jun 9, 2018

    Pope Francis urged oil industry executives to address the challenge of developing clean, renewable energy sources.

    By Associated Press
  • Life influences how people deal with environment, say Mideast faith leaders

    Life influences how people deal with environment, say Mideast faith leaders

    • May 13, 2018

    Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said although there is no special religious teaching concerning renewable energy in Catholic tradition, the concept of creation is very important for Christianity.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • Religious investors welcome Midwest utilities’ action on climate change

    Religious investors welcome Midwest utilities’ action on climate change

    • Mar 3, 2018

    Two religious communities have withdrawn shareholder resolutions filed with Midwest electric utilities after the companies announced they would publish climate risk assessment reports.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Malawi Church concerned power outages will drag country down

    Malawi Church concerned power outages will drag country down

    • Oct 26, 2017

    Bishop Peter Musikuwa told the president of Malawi the country needs to fix its power supply problem, because it is affecting economic growth in the country. In Malawi, over 90 percent of power comes from hydroelectric dams, but lack of investment in infrastructure has led to rolling blackouts, which hurt not only businesses, but also the nation’s hospitals and other medical facilities.

    By Ngala Killian Chimtom
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