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Sister-parish projects link cultures, caring and cooperation
… friends establish internet service, finance a substantial rainwater storage system, utilize solar power, and expand the parish health center, reports NWCatholic.org . The Bremerton Catholic …
Action plan offers Atlanta Catholics down-to-earth ideas to implement encyclical
… built on each other's teachings: St. John Paul II critiqued consumerism; Pope Benedict XVI had solar panels installed at the Vatican and was dubbed the "green pope"; and Francis has written …
Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis
… Puerto Rico the poster child for transitioning to sustainable energy: The island has abundant solar and wind resources currently untapped. In most of the fifty states, the transition to …
Eco-encyclical poses focal questions for future of coal regions
… bag for much of Appalachia. Across most of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, 2.3 acres of solar panel surface area could power 1,000 homes, according to the Department of Energy , with … energy for all 50 states by 2050. In West Virginia and Kentucky, it’s largely through solar photovoltaic plants, to the effect of 73,000 long-term jobs and $1.9 billion in annual … savings in Kentucky. For Wyoming, the model utilizes a majority of wind power as well as solar, with far less in created jobs or avoided health costs, but estimates as much as $77,000 in …
On climate, polls begin to show hints of ‘Francis effect’
… are other factors (such as volcanic activity, variations in the earth’s orbit and axis, the solar cycle), yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent …
Right role of technology dissected at Santa Clara encyclical conference
… Other speakers at the conference Wednesday emphasized that technologies such as inexpensive solar power can save the planet from further warming. And going green will not destroy the …
Links for 10/23/15
… asking Puerto Rican officials why only one percent of their electricity comes from sustainable solar and wind. Here is the video: …
Paying for the work we need done
… partial list of the work that needs to be done: manufacture and installation of wind turbines, solar panels, non-polluting cooking stoves, water purification systems, deep well pumps; …
The Pope's Visit: What It Means for the Church
… churches to sustainable energy resources. There are ways to lower one’s electric bill, get the solar panels on your buildings, and all with no upfront costs. Every bishop and pastor should be …
Pope names U.S. Jesuit planetary scientist to head Vatican Observatory
… research focuses on meteorites, asteroids and the origin and evolution of small bodies in the solar system. He was honored for his work by the International Astronomical Union in 2000 with …
California legislators, bishops highlight 'Laudato Si'' in pushing clean energy bill
… job growth rate was 40 percent higher than the national average last year, and the solar industry has been growing even faster; in 2013 it grew 10 times faster than the statewide …
Pope’s encyclical cited as totem pole blessed on way to coal mines
… fuel companies. The mayor, who is running for re-election, also announced hopes to quadruple solar power use by city government. More: " … Mayors at Vatican: … Cities play 'very vital role' …
Religious adopt Earth pledge
… energy from renewable sources. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have begun to install solar panels on churches and houses of their residences. Other congregations have committed to …
Eleven Catholic colleges among Sierra Club’s ‘cool schools’
… management, offering of rebates and discounts to encourage public transportation, and use of solar power in pursuit of going carbon neutral by 2025. The first Catholic school appeared at the … Catholic schools placed in the top 100. More: “ … Catholic universities among California’s top solar schools … ” (June 18, 2013) As for why Catholic schools may lag behind the pack on …
Diocesan social action directors take time to focus on ‘Laudato Si’’
… Benedict XVI, who is known as the "green" pope. It was under Benedict that the Vatican added solar panels and preserved a Hungarian forest on the way to becoming the world's first …
Regenerating the environmental economy, one spiritual entrepreneur at a time
… up in community, as well. Spiritual entrepreneurs and regenerative leaders are as important as solar engineers and car manufacturers to the future of the planet. Maybe you already are one. Or …
The political implications of 'Laudato Si''
… opportunities (and business opportunities) in manufacturing materials needed for renewables: solar, wind, geothermal. U.S. Catholics (and others) need to begin to scrutinize the …
Peruvian parish follows the flow of the river
… a larger crowd that sang enthusiastically by the light of candles or the priests' two solar-charged lamps. The highlight of the next morning was a liturgy of the Word -- to avoid …
Chicago archdiocese commits to energy-efficient buildings in response to pope's encyclical
… In addition, the field operations center for Resurrection Cemetery has been heated with a solar system since 1978. Old St. Mary's School itself was built in 2011 as an eco-friendly building. Solar panels on the roof help generate electricity for the school. In the summer months, when …
At Vatican, world's mayors vow to tackle climate change, poverty
… as being key to growing a more "green" development, for example by partnering with solar-panel companies to exploit his country's abundance of sunshine and get needed electricity …