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Archbishop Welby’s comment leads to development of African solar project

News Coverage: A comment made by the Archbishop of Canterbury during his visit to the Holy Land in April, has resulted in a pioneering green energy project for churches in Africa. During...

ExxonMobil concede defeat in climate change battle with Church of England

News Coverage: The global oil giant ExxonMobil have finally caved in to shareholder demands – led by the C of E’s Church Commissioners – to set out how the business will be...

Can an Ethical Liberal Eat Kosher Meat?

Blog: Fran Hawthorne - “Choosing food is now so complicated, between the environmental destruction, cruelty to animals, exploitation of workers, and carbon production due to transport,” summarized University of Virginia psychology...

16th Century Scholar Warned of Hurricane Irma Through Hebrew Riddle

News Coverage: Rabbi Yonatan Neril, who has a BA and MA from Stanford University with a focus on global environmental issues, notes in Huffington Post that the leading 20th century mystic Rabbi...

Do These Hurricanes Herald the Apocalypse? An argument.

Blog: Do Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, Jose, and Katia herald the coming of the apocalypse? Or is humanity really behind these ‘natural’ disasters? An argument.

Laudato si’: Università pontificie romane alleate per la casa comune. Al via a novembre un “Joint Diploma” in ecologia integrale

News Coverage: Il Papa chiama, e i suoi atenei rispondono con un percorso formativo congiunto che per la prima volta mette in sinergia sette istituzioni universitarie e un istituto di studi superiori....

Earth to Houston: We have a Problem

Blog: Humanity this week experienced ecological disasters on an unprecedented scale. Flooding on the Gulf Coast and in South Asia impacted 60 million people, killed 1,200, and destroyed or damaged close...

In Israel, religious differences don’t always lead to ugly conflict

News Coverage: The tension on and around Temple Mount, which has gone on for weeks now, should be diffused before it escalates into the worst kind of conflict: a religious war.

Why is it so hot right now?

News Coverage: ICSD Director Yonatan Neril writes about the links between the increasingly hot summer weather across the world - including Pakistan's world-record 130 degrees Fahrenheit - and the increasing human-caused production...

Climate change: It’s not just for liberals anymore

News Coverage: On a viciously hot day in Jerusalem this brutally hot summer, three prominent religious figures - a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew - gathered at the Jerusalem Press Club...

‘Rabbis Should Grow a Spine’: Why Politics Trumps Religion When It Comes to Climate Change

News Coverage: Orthodox Jewish leaders in Israel call for a Jewish response to climate change, but others in America say it's 'delusional' to think rabbis can influence the government on such a...

All faiths must unite to fight climate change, clergy urge

News Coverage: Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders meet at the Jerusalem Press Club during a hot summer to encourage awareness and action.

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