Climate Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/climater/climate/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:52:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Climate Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/climater/climate/ 32 32 Faith leaders meet at White House for climate goals https://religionnews.com/2024/08/14/faith-leaders-meet-at-white-house-for-climate-clean-energy-and-environmental-justice/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/14/faith-leaders-meet-at-white-house-for-climate-clean-energy-and-environmental-justice/#respond Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:49:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162054 (RNS) — One of the meeting's top priorities was to explain how faith communities can better use federal funds for clean energy initiatives. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/14/faith-leaders-meet-at-white-house-for-climate-clean-energy-and-environmental-justice/feed/ 0 The religion of opposing government climate action https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:10:32 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159636 (RNS) — Is it climate denial or simply mistrust of government?

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/feed/ 0 Unitarian Universalists vote for action on Palestine, climate, LGBTQ+ issues and COVID-19 https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/unitarian-universalists-vote-for-action-on-palestine-climate-lgbtq-issues-and-covid-19/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/unitarian-universalists-vote-for-action-on-palestine-climate-lgbtq-issues-and-covid-19/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 21:51:40 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154762 (RNS) — The new statement of values, which passed with 80% support, is the first wholesale revision of Article II, the Unitarian Universalist covenant clause, since 1987 and reflects over three years of feedback and discussions with thousands of Unitarian Universalists. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/unitarian-universalists-vote-for-action-on-palestine-climate-lgbtq-issues-and-covid-19/feed/ 0 Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/hundreds-died-during-this-years-hajj-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia-amid-intense-heat-officials-say/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/hundreds-died-during-this-years-hajj-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia-amid-intense-heat-officials-say/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:03:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154188&preview=true&preview_id=4154188 MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the pilgrimage, required of every able Muslim once in their life, nor offered any causes for those who died. However, hundreds of people had lined up at the Emergency Complex in Al-Muaisem neighborhood in Mecca, trying to get information about their missing family members.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/hundreds-died-during-this-years-hajj-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia-amid-intense-heat-officials-say/feed/ 0 Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as they wrap up Hajj pilgrimage in deadly heat https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/muslim-pilgrims-resume-symbolic-stoning-of-the-devil-as-they-wrap-up-hajj-pilgrimage-in-deadly-heat/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/muslim-pilgrims-resume-symbolic-stoning-of-the-devil-as-they-wrap-up-hajj-pilgrimage-in-deadly-heat/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:42:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153738&preview=true&preview_id=4153738 MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — With the final days of the Hajj coinciding with Eid al-Adha, thousands of Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, as noontime summer heat caused heatstroke among many.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/muslim-pilgrims-resume-symbolic-stoning-of-the-devil-as-they-wrap-up-hajj-pilgrimage-in-deadly-heat/feed/ 0 California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough https://religionnews.com/2024/02/01/california-gov-newsom-backs-dam-removal-projects-to-boost-salmon-critics-say-thats-not-enough/ https://religionnews.com/2024/02/01/california-gov-newsom-backs-dam-removal-projects-to-boost-salmon-critics-say-thats-not-enough/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:18:09 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4130413&preview=true&preview_id=4130413 EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — Newsom also pledged to continue to work with native tribes, who often refer to the rivers where salmon live as their church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/02/01/california-gov-newsom-backs-dam-removal-projects-to-boost-salmon-critics-say-thats-not-enough/feed/ 0 Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley https://religionnews.com/2023/12/05/lebanons-christians-feel-the-heat-of-climate-change-in-its-sacred-forest-and-valley/ https://religionnews.com/2023/12/05/lebanons-christians-feel-the-heat-of-climate-change-in-its-sacred-forest-and-valley/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:57:15 +0000 http://religionnews.com/?p=4122362&preview=true&preview_id=4122362 BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — The lush Cedars of God Forest, some 2000 meters (6,560 feet) above sea level near the northern town of Bcharre, is part of a landscape cherished by Christians.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/12/05/lebanons-christians-feel-the-heat-of-climate-change-in-its-sacred-forest-and-valley/feed/ 0 Catholic leaders meet with White House on climate change https://religionnews.com/2023/11/17/catholic-leaders-meet-with-white-house-on-climate-change/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/17/catholic-leaders-meet-with-white-house-on-climate-change/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:46:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4120085 (RNS) — Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Tucson said he told White House officials that the issue of climate change 'is a matter of ethics, spirituality and our faith.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/17/catholic-leaders-meet-with-white-house-on-climate-change/feed/ 0 Pope Francis sets the table for the upcoming climate summit https://religionnews.com/2023/11/03/pope-francis-sets-the-table-for-the-upcoming-climate-summit/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/03/pope-francis-sets-the-table-for-the-upcoming-climate-summit/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:54:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4114548 (RNS) — What he has to say when he gets to Dubai.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/03/pope-francis-sets-the-table-for-the-upcoming-climate-summit/feed/ 0 The white evangelical march toward climate disaster https://religionnews.com/2023/10/04/the-white-evangelical-march-toward-climate-disaster/ https://religionnews.com/2023/10/04/the-white-evangelical-march-toward-climate-disaster/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:45:38 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4112986 (RNS) — The new PRRI survey shows that fewer and fewer of them consider climate change a crisis.

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