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Catholics used to forgo meat on Fridays. Could bringing the practice back help the climate?
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Catholics used to forgo meat on Fridays. Could bringing the practice back help the climate?

A recent study shows giving up meat once a week could cut thousands of tons of carbon emissions each year. While Pope Francis has called urgent climate action a moral imperative, U.S. Catholic bishops are unlikely to encourage the move.
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Pope calls world to act on impact of climate change on poorest countries

Pope Francis invited Catholics - and anyone else interested - to join a seven-year journey to widen the reach of his 2015 encyclical on the environment in a time of global climate change.

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Meet an ecologist who works for God (and against lawns)
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Meet an ecologist who works for God (and against lawns)

A Long Island couple says fighting climate change and protecting biodiversity starts at home. Or rather, right outside their suburban house.
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Tampa Bay Catholics and Evangelicals discuss the environment and coronavirus

On the fifth anniversary of an historic papal document about the environment and as the coronavirus continues to imperil the world, a panel of Catholic and evangelical clergy met online last week to discuss their Christian response to disease outbreaks and climate change.

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Meet the Christians giving up carbon and single-use plastic for Lent

Meet the Christians giving up carbon and single-use plastic for Lent

The biblical mandate of “creation care” is taking on new urgency as the planet warms.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Coal use drives sharp rise in U.S. power plant emissions amid summer heat

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Cities are quietly outpacing nations in climate progress

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California residents challenge methane policy they say pollutes under the guise of clean energy

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

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Our annual summer reading list, 2025 edition

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Major climate change reports vanish from US federal websites, raising transparency concerns