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Catholics in Puerto Rico pursue solar as preferred energy solution
… but many people across the rural municipality of Adjuntas never lost power thanks to local solar infrastructure. After Casa Pueblo made headlines for maintaining power at its headquarters … They have praised the lower cost of rooftop solar compared to solar farms and rooftop solar's ability to create local wealth and cooler buildings. In his pastoral letter, González …
Dec 1, 2022
Pope tells patriarch Catholics are ready for a common Easter date
… is what Christians used in the fourth century, was increasingly out of sync with the actual solar year, so March 21 -- generally assumed to be the date of the Northern Hemisphere's spring …
Nov 21, 2022
Zambia's Youth Climate Champions fight for climate mitigation with Catholic support
… youth with climate-smart, income-generating projects such as selling and distributing solar products to wean them off relying on deforestation and charcoal burning for income. Mwene …
Nov 8, 2022
New Jersey diocese turns to renewable energy in response to encyclical
… Tara Smith … Catholic News Service … Solar panels and energy-efficient equipment have come to a school, parishes and even the Pastoral … Metuchen, New Jersey. Immaculata High School in Somerville is the first in the diocese to use solar panels in an effort to align diocesan practice with Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' …
Oct 13, 2022
Links: Runoff vote in Brazil; rewilding a river; Waffle House and Hurricane Ian
… of Fort Myers, and which was designed in an environmentally conscious way, 100% reliant on solar power, and with streets designed to direct floodwaters away from homes. It came through Ian …
Oct 4, 2022
Links: Anti-synod sentiment; child poverty; the limits of polling data
… funding its war in Ukraine, Poles are "de-Russifying" their energy sources and switching to solar and other green energy sources. Never let a crisis go to waste. Let's hope the U.S. …
Sep 29, 2022
Laudato Si' message gets added attention as Season of Creation opens
… I using the gift." Such understanding of Scripture has led the parish to install more than 400 solar panels on the church, classrooms, rectory and administrative offices beginning in 2019. It is the first Virginia parish to be 100% solar . Immaculate Conception parishioners also have contributed funds to provide 11,000 trees … to clean water or electricity. "I call this over-the-horizon experiences. What I mean is the solar panels will last 35 years. The trees are good for 50 years and the water filters are …
Sep 6, 2022
Cardinal-designate McElroy has long commitment to Laudato Si', environment
… they've also acted quite a bit on it." More than half of parishes in San Diego have installed solar panels, and the diocese recently joined the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform … Si' was issued, he encouraged churches in San Diego to explore the possibility of installing solar panels. So far, 58 of the 97 parishes have done so, as have two high schools and the pastoral center, which draws 80% of its electricity from solar panels. In addition, roughly 10% of parishes have established and active creation care …
Aug 25, 2022
Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue
… jurisdiction in Vatican City. The protesters are demanding the Italian government increase its solar and wind power and stop exploring for natural gas and reopening old coal mines in Italy. …
Aug 22, 2022
Links: Wyoming primary results; Trump's legal problems; religion and culture wars
… in the fight against climate change, it is hard to imagine a place with more latent wind and solar power than Puerto Rico, and where the energy grid is inadequate and outdated as well. With …
Aug 18, 2022
Historic climate law, signed by Biden, has Catholic fingerprints all over it
… and manufacturing, and seeks to spur U.S. development of the materials, minerals and parts for solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and other components critical in the transition to … aim to assist people to install clean energy and efficiency upgrades at home, including solar panels and heat pumps, and income-limited tax credits to purchase electric vehicles. It …
Aug 18, 2022