First Unitarian Church wants to start divesting from fossil fuel stocks.
Climate change
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Faith and environmentalism: common goals
A devout Catholic, Gerry Gacioch says that humans are supposed to be stewards of the Earth. Climate change, he says, is a sign that humanity is abusing what God has given it. The remainder of 2015 is crucial for acting on climate change, he says. For one, world leaders will gather in Paris at the […]
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Less water being taken from the Great Lakes
A US-Canada treaty that greatly restricts large-scale water withdrawals from the Great Lakes is working, says a new study prepared for the International Joint Commission. The commission is a bi-national organization that oversees water bodies shared between the United States and Canada. The IJC is accepting comments on the study through June 30. You can […]
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The war on Earth
Despite the environmental history of their political party, Republican candidates are denying the need for strong climate-change efforts.
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Climate change is not just a future problem
Climate change is a young person’s problem, but it’s also a moral issue for people of all ages. Let me explain. We, as in all of the people on earth, are already seeing the effects of climate change: heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more intense, droughts are worsening, the oceans are warming, ice caps […]
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Victory over climate change
James Hansen sat in front of members of the US Senate and told them that the Earth is warming and that human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are to blame. Back in 1988. Hansen was director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at the time and had been studying global warming and the greenhouse effect since […]
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Global climate emissions flat last year despite economic growth
The International Energy Agency says that the economy grew in 2014, but global greenhouse gas emissions did not. That’s the first time in 40 years that emissions stayed flat, the agency says, without an accompanying economic downtown. According to information released recently by the IEA, global carbon dioxide emissions totaled 32.3 billion metric tons in […]
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Rochester People’s Climate Coalition moves ahead
Climate activism and action appear to be ramping up in the Rochester area, which is a very good thing. The City of Rochester is putting together a comprehensive plan to reduce its impact on climate change, governments and local businesses are leading by example on renewable energy, and new advocacy and activism groups are forming. […]
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