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Vatican plans to gradually replace car fleet with electric vehicles in deal with VW
… because of his sustainability initiatives in Vatican City, which included the installation of solar panels on the main Vatican audience hall. A statement Wednesday from the Vatican City State …
Nov 15, 2023
In the pope's homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
… said Dietrich, an attorney who grew up in a conservative Catholic family. "Some are from this solar system … preventing Earth from being destroyed." She also accepts ancestral Indigenous …
Oct 12, 2023
US faith-based climate groups say Pope Francis shows the way with 'Laudate Deum'
… care for creation. In California, a church developed an innovative partnership to install solar panels at no cost, while in New York a Catholic high school is going solar. In Virginia, a parish has developed a comprehensive, multiyear sustainability plan. Our …
Oct 4, 2023
Bishop Weisenburger says climate change is an issue of 'life and death'
… and what not, but I'm kind of excited about it. And one of our parishes, years ago, put solar up for their parking lot panels. It was a 10-year lease to own and now they own it all and they say it's doing great. Two of our parishes with big schools recently put in solar with a company where they lock in your electricity rate for 10 years. They put in covered … the cathedral. We're hoping within 2 to 3 months to start having new covered parking with the solar. And there are a couple of parishes that have pretty active care for creation committees. …
Sep 28, 2023
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people
… The top three states were California, Texas and West Virginia, and included clean vehicle, solar, wind and geothermal industries. The American Climate Corps announcement was greeted with …
Sep 26, 2023
How some US Catholic dioceses are heeding the papal call for a 'green revolution'
… corporation worked with a variety of different partners to assess the viability of installing solar panels on the rooftops of 30 Catholic Charities-owned residential buildings in Brooklyn and … such as those nearing the end of their life spans or restricted by local covenants. But solar-equipped buildings can generate income to invest in other projects. Some of the energy …
Sep 6, 2023
Letters to the editor on global warming
… in destroying our planet. Reese doesn't discuss nuclear energy, except to claim that wind and solar are cheaper. Everyone who takes anthropogenic climate change seriously must take a serious … religion. Texas gets more than 25% of its electricity from renewables — mostly wind with some solar. Catholic Texas Gov. Abbott is the linchpin thwarting renewables that have proven …
Aug 25, 2023
Faith leaders call for repentance and spiritual reformation to address climate change
… … Dealing with the climate crisis will require developing renewable forms of energy such as solar and wind power, decreasing greenhouse gases and creating more sustainable lifestyles. It …
Aug 21, 2023
On global warming, yes, there is hope
… cost of alternative energy more dramatically than the experts expected. The cost of wind and solar energy is now cheaper than oil, gas or nuclear. "The world has produced nearly three billion solar panels at this point, and every one of those has been an opportunity for people to try to improve the process," Gregory Nemet, a solar power expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The New York Times. "And all of …
Aug 18, 2023
One congregation offers case study as Episcopal Church works toward 2030 carbon neutral goal
… 2.6-acre campus to renewable energy sources. In 2004, it installed its first 40-panel solar array on its office building's roof. Nine years later, a larger carport solar array was installed over the parking lot, the cost offset by a power-purchasing agreement. …
Aug 14, 2023
'Motels4Now' project near Notre Dame offers housing for South Bend homeless people
… Some have dealt with — or are still grappling with — long-term addictions to drugs or alcohol. Solar-powered security cameras now constantly monitor activity in and around the three buildings …
Aug 11, 2023
Faith leaders urge EPA to protect communities from fossil fuel-fired power plants
… we should rapidly shift toward 100% renewable energy with proven technologies, such as solar and wind, that create good green jobs for our communities," said Peggy Shepard, executive …
Aug 9, 2023
Swim expedition shows we might better 'clothe the naked' by buying fewer clothes
… waste on the Volta River. The expedition crew collected water and air samples in an aluminum, solar-powered catamaran called The Woman Who Does Not Fear, which came equipped with a science … 16, broke numerous milestones as the longest swim in Ghanaian history and employed the first solar-powered research vessel in Ghana. This expedition also broke ground in advancing research …
Aug 8, 2023