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For Iowa Catholic business leader, faith is powerful motivation for climate action
… ethical consumption; and ethical investment, including investment in renewable energy and divestment from fossil fuels and activities harmful to the environment and people. The goals, …
EarthBeat Weekly: Defending healthy ecosystems is a matter of life and death
… reports that after years of protests by students, Harvard University announced that it will divest itself of fossil fuel holdings . And in California's Los Angeles County, the board of …
Laudato Si' inspires young adults to faith-based action on climate change
… Creighton." She became involved in a student-led campaign to convince university trustees to divest school resources from fossil fuel companies. The work, rooted in church teaching, led school officials to announce Dec. 31, 2020 , that full divestment would occur within a decade. Burke and other students had something to celebrate and … care for creation and the harmful effects of climate change on all life. Burke's role in the divestment movement led to an invitation to be a leader of the young adult track during the …
EarthBeat Weekly: Fires, floods, foot-dragging make climate action more urgent
… . And of course we've been covering the ongoing campaign to encourage Catholic institutions to divest their portfolios of fossil fuels . Next week we'll be following up on a new report on …
Urge investors away from fossil fuels, energy agency head tells Catholics
… in fossil fuels. To date, approximately 250 Catholic groups have publicly committed to divestment or to avoiding such assets in the future. Another joint announcement of divesting Catholic organizations is expected on Oct. 25, just days before the start of COP26. … webinar that Birol's remarks represent "yet another reason to dive deep into the fossil fuel divestment question." "As Dr. Birol was saying, we need to talk to investors, and there are lots …
Global Catholic climate group rebrands as Laudato Si' Movement
… was originally the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. And the college student-led Catholic Divestment Network went through several iterations before landing on its current form. It was in … in their local communities. In addition, the movement has been a driving force for fossil fuel divestment within the Catholic Church. The Laudato Si' Network has also partnered closely with …
New podcast centers Black liberation, reclaims radical flame of Gospel
… at all times, systems that place our value only in what we do. We have a long way to go to divest from these ideas entirely, but little by little we go forth, imagining new ways to share …
Lithium mining in western U.S. comes at a cost to Indigenous religions
… freedom. "Whatever rights the Indians may have to the use of the area ... those rights do not divest the Government of its rights to use what is, after all, its land," the ruling said. Though …
EarthBeat Weekly: What prices at the pump mean for climate policy
… to 1.5 degress Celsisus. And it's something we'll continue to track. … Readers respond to NCR divestment decision: … Last week, I reported that the NCR board of directors ratified a new investment policy that divests the publication from fossil fuels . The story generated a lot of reaction among readers. … to see that both the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference and Country of Ireland have both fully divested from the fossil fuel sector." He went on to ask what have the U.S. bishops done in the …
Second Catholic climate conference looks to build more momentum among US church
… of the church have looked at ways to use their finances to invest in climate solutions or divest from fossil fuels, including Creighton . Add to that a shift from defense to offense in … on care for the environment. "We could talk about what to do and carbon neutrality dates and divestment," DiLeo said, "but if people don't appreciate the 'why' behind the 'what,' it's much …
Melissa Cedillo joins NCR's Latino Catholics Project
… in Latino voter engagement, immigration advocacy, domestic violence policy and prison divestment work as well as writing and communications. "We are excited that Melissa will be …