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Washington Archdiocese launches new action plan to care for creation
… links to other programs that can significantly reduce the costs of steps such as installing solar panels on parish property. The plan is the product of 18 months of work by the laity-led …
A tribute to Trumka, a Catholic whose work we must carry on
… and men of this country were going to embrace it. He was thrilled when O'Malley installed solar panels at the chancery in Braintree, Massachusetts, and did so with union labor. Last week, …
EarthBeat Weekly: Fires, floods, foot-dragging make climate action more urgent
… that in 2020, the combined amount of energy generated from renewable sources — including wind, solar, hydroelectricity, geothermal and biomass — exceeded the amount from any other source … growth related to sustainable products that reduce dependence on fossil fuels (such as solar panels, electric vehicles, etc.) would be in the "good" growth category. Conversely, growth …
Urge investors away from fossil fuels, energy agency head tells Catholics
… by 2035; reaching net-zero emissions in the electricity sector by 2040; quadrupling wind and solar capacity from their 2020 record highs annually through 2030; and ceasing the construction …
EarthBeat Weekly: We need a new relationship with the rest of creation — and with our stuff
… on the practical and ethical concerns raised by efforts to limit global warming through solar geoengineering, or the use of technologies aimed at blocking the sun's rays . Experts say … utility company sought to replace a transmission line on Native American land to bring more solar energy into the state's grid, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians didn't want a traditional …
Unproven technology to block sun's rays raises practical, ethical concerns, experts say
… to climate change, as billionaires like Bill Gates back exploration into the technology of solar geoengineering while leading climate activists call it a delay tactic to avoid a swift … Ethics at Santa Clara University, who has followed the geoengineering debate for a decade. Solar geoengineering is a subfield of geoengineering, which refers to efforts to alter the …
EarthBeat Weekly: What prices at the pump mean for climate policy
… be canceled. All homes heated by natural gas or fuel oil should be immediately converted to solar or wind energy. As long as the U.S. has any industry, it will need some fossil fuels. Once …
Second Catholic climate conference looks to build more momentum among US church
… Catholic Energies program , which at Creighton was celebrating its first completed parish solar panel project. More parishes, schools and dioceses have also undertaken energy projects, …
EarthBeat Weekly: Record-breaking heat helps make climate change feel 'real'
… beat: … From time to time, when we publish a story like the one about the Brooklyn Diocese's solar energy project , readers write to say their parish, diocese, school or religious community …
Links: A popular pope, Garry Wills on abortion and the 'barstool' party
… communities in the southeast section of the island. The Biden administration should listen: Solar panels that can be taken inside during a hurricane and, when it passes, quickly … transmission lines to cross the island's mountainous core. If ever there was a place where solar and wind power is abundant, Puerto Rico is that place. More often than not, an attempt to …