Environment Ecology Archives

Vatican’s electric vehicle fleet now includes a Leaf

Jun 7, 2021

Marking World Environment Day and preparations for a major global meeting on climate change in November, the Japanese automaker Nissan delivered a 100 percent electric Nissan Leaf to the Vatican.

By Catholic News Service

Australian children supported by nun lose bid to block coal mine expansion

May 27, 2021

A group of Australian child environmentalists lost their court bid Thursday to force the federal government to ban a coal mine expansion.

By Rod McGuirk

Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ gears up for next decade

May 16, 2021

When the special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year closes May 24, it will celebrate progress made over the past five years, and it will launch a new wave of initiatives for the next decade in an ongoing response to Pope Francis’ call for the care of creation.

By Carol Glatz

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry meets Pope Francis

May 15, 2021

John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis May 15, the day after giving a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.

By Cindy Wooden

Pope tells U.S. climate summit ‘it’s time to act’ on climate crisis

Apr 22, 2021

On Earth Day, Pope Francis sent a message to world leaders attending a high-level climate summit organized by the United States, telling participants be good custodians of nature, calling it “a gift that we have received, and that we have heal, protect, and carry it to the future.”

By Elise Ann Allen

Catholic investors pressure Brazilian government to protect Amazon

Apr 10, 2021

Catholic organizations are trying to pressure Brazil’s government to do more to protect the South American country’s environment, especially in its Amazon region.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Scottish bishops would ‘warmly welcome’ Pope Francis to UN climate summit

Mar 1, 2021

Scotland’s bishops say they would “warmly welcome” Pope Francis if he visited Glasgow later this year for a major UN climate summit.

By Charles Collins

Faiths institute asks Gates Foundation to change tactics in Africa

Feb 22, 2021

An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent, but instead support natural methods to help Africa achieve food sufficiency and protect its environments.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS