Pollution

Bishops say EPA plan to roll back pollution rule would harm the unborn
- Mar 25, 2019
Unborn children would face greater health risks if the Environmental Protection Agency moves to rescind a rule regulating hazardous air pollutants emitted by power plants, said the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees.

By Dennis Sadowski
World health depends on changing way food is made, eaten, say speakers
- Mar 10, 2019
The food people pick at the supermarket and cook in their kitchens can make a huge difference in helping address the global problems of hunger, obesity and climate change, a number of speakers said at a Vatican conference on sustainable development.

By Carol Glatz
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

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
Italy’s smog crisis may embolden Pope Francis on the environment
- Dec 29, 2015
ROME — If all politics is, indeed, local, then one probably shouldn’t expect Pope Francis’ focus on the environment and climate change to diminish anytime soon, as his own backyard in Rome and across Italy struggles with one of its most pronounced ecological crises in recent memory. A combination of

By John L. Allen Jr.