Faith and Environment
National Baptist group gets Inhofe's support.
Sen. Jim Inhofe joined religious leaders from the Southern Baptist General Convention and other groups on Thursday in asking Christians to sign a petition against global warming proposals that they say would hurt the poor.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman.
16 May 2008
Evangelicals press to fight global warming.
When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
09 May 2008
Saving 'God's creation' unites scientist, evangelical leader.
A Nobel laureate scientist and a leader of the evangelical Christian movement walk into a restaurant.
Boston Globe.
01 May 2008
Archbishop urges 'green' lifestyles.
There is no doubt that global warming is a real threat to the planet Earth and its inhabitants, said the Vatican's ambassador to the United Nations.
Akron Beacon Journal.
01 May 2008
Anglican minister brings climate to the pulpit.
One man, Martin Palmer, argues that religion is a better messenger of climate change than science and politics — that it can do things the others cannot.
All Things Considered.
29 April 2008
Greening of religion.
There's a change going on in the religions of the world: More people are hearing a green message when they go to their place of worship.
Great Lakes Radio Consortium.
28 April 2008
Living green: A moral issue for churches.
The faith community has become one of the major players in environmental issues, able to address green issues from a different perspective.
Minneapolis Star Tribune.
26 April 2008
The green pope.
Benedict XVI has embraced environmentalism. Now he's using church teachings to urge Roman Catholics to take care of the earth.
Newsweek.
26 April 2008
Local group joins effort to reduce global warming.
A new group, Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light, is working to answer the call for environmental leadership and help mobilize the state's religious community to act against global warming.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
26 April 2008
Twin Ports faith communities work together against climate change.
Churches and other faith communities are uniquely positioned to be stewards of the environment because of their influence over generations of people in their congregations, according to participants of an interfaith meeting to combat climate change.
Duluth News Tribune.
25 April 2008
Clergy urged to speak on environment.
The Rev. Sally Bingham is the godmother of the environmental movement in the religious community.
Raleigh News & Observer.
25 April 2008
Southern Baptist Convention takes stance on global warming.
The Southern Baptist Convention now says the denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues. The Convention signed a Resolution On Global Warming.
Chattanooga WDEF TV.
24 April 2008
Church social activism is pledged.
An Earth Day service yesterday at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) headquarters in downtown Louisville became an occasion for celebrating a new declaration of church social activism.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
23 April 2008
'Green' ministry draws crowd in Nevada City.
Methodist ministers Don Baldwin and Sharon Delgado say the deterioration of the planet - including global warming, declining air quality and water pollution - is a moral issue as well as a physical issue.
Nevada City Union.
22 April 2008
Top 10 ways you can be more green.
President Jimmy Carter challenged all Baptists to embrace the movement to protect our environment.
Murfreesboro Post.
20 April 2008
Churches 'go green' as they aim to protect God's creation from more harm.
If we don't take care of God's creation, who will? Members of First United Methodist Church have often asked themselves this question.
Jackson Sun.
20 April 2008
Faith in Earth's stewardship ties religions to environmentalism.
Environmentalists and many church leaders -- usually on opposite ends of the political spectrum -- have traditionally held each other at arms' length.
Allentown Morning Call.
20 April 2008
Benedict may discuss warming, cost of wars.
As he begins his historic visit to the White House and the United Nations this week, Pope Benedict XVI is widely expected to call attention to two areas in which he has been at odds with the Bush administration: The need for urgent action on global warming and the humanitarian cost of unjust wars.
Boston Globe.
15 April 2008
Church makes connection between faith, environmental responsibility.
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Peterborough's west end has joined the growing number of churches making a connection between their faith and environmental responsibility.
Peterborough Examiner.
14 April 2008
Pope takes lead in effort to save the environment.
Last month, the Vatican added polluting the Earth to the church's list of sins, and issued a string of increasingly strong statements on global climate change. No wonder many have declared him the first "green pope."
New York Newsday.
10 April 2008
