2016 Climate Articles

Moroccan mosques go solar
By Diana Madson
Yale Climate Connections
December 12, 2016
http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/12/moroccan-mosques-go-solar/

Iran 'serious' about fighting climate change
Al Jazeera
December 2, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3BlJTjyuw&feature=youtu.be

The Priest in the Trees: Feral faith in the age of climate change
By Fred Bahnson
Harper's Magazine
December 2016
http://harpers.org/archive/2016/12/the-priest-in-the-trees/

At COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
November 17, 2016
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/cop22-and-capitol-hill-faith-groups-step-climate-efforts

83 arrested at Standing Rock yesterday, Dakota Access Pipeline wants war. Native drones shot down!
By Navajo
Daily Kos
October 23, 2016
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/23/1585874/-83-arrested-at-Standing-Rock-resistance-yesterday-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-wants-war-over-oil

Canadian Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Inuit Case With Global Implications
By Chris Williams
Truthout
October 19, 2016
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38046-canadian-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-inuit-case-with-global-implications

Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm
By John Schwartz
New York Times
October 10, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/science/katharine-hayhoe-climate-change-science.html

Caring for Creation makes the Christian case for climate action
By John Abraham
The Guardian
October 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/oct/10/caring-for-creation-makes-the-christian-case-for-climate-action

Can Americans find common ground on climate change?
By Ellen Powell
Christian Science Monitor
October 4, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1004/Can-Americans-find-common-ground-on-climate-change

President Obama should listen to the indigenous people fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Celeste Goox yadí Worl
Grist
September 27, 2016
http://grist.org/justice/president-obama-should-listen-to-the-indigenous-people-fighting-the-dakota-access-pipeline/

Tribes Across North America Unite in 'Wall of Opposition' to Alberta Tar Sands
By Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
September 22, 2016
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/22/tribes-across-north-america-unite-wall-opposition-alberta-tar-sands

Archeologists denounce Dakota Access pipeline for destroying artifacts
By Oliver Milman
The Guardian
September 22, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/22/archeologists-denounce-dakota-access-pipeline-artifacts

Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels
Democracy Now!
September 12, 2016
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/12/native_american_activist_winona_laduke_at

To understand the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, you need to understand tribal sovereignty
By Victoria M. Massie
Vox
September 9, 2016
http://www.vox.com/2016/9/9/12851168/dakota-access-pipeline-protest

In Effort to Kill Pipeline, Groups Call Directly on Obama to Oppose Permits
By Nadia Prupis
Common Dreams
August 25, 2016
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/25/effort-kill-pipeline-groups-call-directly-obama-oppose-permits

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America’s Historical Shame
By Sonali Kolhatkar
TruthDig
August 24, 2016
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_dakota_access_pipeline_dispute_rings_a_bell_20160824

LWF encouraged by member church action to review investments in fossil fuel companies
The Lutheran World Federation
August 19, 2016
https://www.lutheranworld.org/news/lwf-encouraged-member-church-action-review-investments-fossil-fuel-companies

John Ahni Schertow shines a spotlight on indigenous resistance
By Stephyn Quirke
Street Roots News
July 30, 2016
http://news.streetroots.org/2016/07/30/john-ahni-schertow-shines-spotlight-indigenous-resistance

World can’t afford to silence us’: black church leaders address climate change
By Oliver Milman
The Guardian
July 24, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/24/african-methodist-episcopal-church-climate-change-letter

Rising temperatures drying up history, one lake at a time
By Daksha Rangan
The Weather Network
July 20, 2016
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/climate-and-environment/rising-temperatures-drying-up-history-one-lake-at-a-time/70321

Tibetan monk who went beyond religion
By Balan Moses
Malay Mail Online
July 19, 2016
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/tibetan-monk-who-went-beyond-religion

Canada plans to lean on Indigenous knowledge to combat climate change
By Delaney Windigo
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network National News
July 14, 2016
http://aptn.ca/news/2016/07/14/canada-plans-to-lean-on-indigenous-knowledge-to-combat-climate-change/

AME Church: Climate change disproportionately hurts blacks
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
July 14, 2016
http://religionnews.com/2016/07/14/ame-church-climate-change-disproportionately-hurts-blacks/

AME Church Adopts Climate Resolution: Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change Passed at 50th General Conference
Blessed Tomorrow
July 13, 2016
https://www.ame-church.com/news/ame-church-addresses-climate-change/

Religious scholars recommend ways to combat climate change
By Menan Khater
Daily News Egypt
June 28, 2016
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/06/28/religious-scholars-recommend-ways-combat-climate-change/

Global Indigenous youth taking the planet in their hands
By Lucy Cormack
Sydney Morning Herald
June 25, 2016
http://www.smh.com.au/world/impact-journalism-day-global-indigenous-youth-taking-the-planet-it-its-hands-20160513-goulb3.html

Indigenous Climate Adaptation Tool May Soon Go Mobile
By Ciro Calderon
Ecosystem Marketplace
June 10, 2016
http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/indigenous-climate-adaptation-tool-may-soon-go-mobile/

Catholic Moral Traditions and Energy Ethics of the Twenty-First Century
By Erin Lothes Biviano, David Cloutier, Elaine Padilla, Christiana Z. Peppard, and Jame Schaefer
Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 2016):1-36.
http://msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/department-of-theology/jmt-files/Energy%20Ethics.pdf

Environmental challenges – a forceful argument for global citizenship
UN News Centre
May 31, 2016
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54091#.V0-rLOT6WCQ

Women Deliver: Young Women Climate Warriors Speak
By Stella Paul
Women News Network
May 29, 2016
https://womennewsnetwork.net/2016/05/29/women-deliver-young-women-climate-warriors-speak/

Spiritual and Sustainable: Religion Responds to Climate Change
By Jim Antal, Margaret Bullitt‐Jonas, Tim DeChristopher, Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman, Lama Willa Miller, Munjed M. Murad, and Dan McKanan
Crosscurrents, Volume 66, Issue 1
May 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1111/cros.12173

Indigenous tribe on Mt. Elgon suffers climate change impacts
By Gerald Tenywa
New Vision
May 16, 2016
http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1424606/indigenous-tribe-mt-elgon-suffers-climate-change-impacts

First Nation Wins Historic Victory Over Mammoth Coal Export Terminal
By Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
May 10, 2016
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/10/first-nation-wins-historic-victory-over-mammoth-coal-export-terminal

An interfaith view on climate change
By David Boyd
Nelson Star
May 7, 2016
https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/column-an-interfaith-view-on-climate-change/

Climate scientist-turned-psychologist seeks paths toward more compassion for the earth
By Sharon Abercrombie
National Catholic Reporter
May 3, 2016
http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/climate-scientist-turned-psychologist-seeks-paths-toward-more-compassion-earth

Unfriendly Climate
By Sonia Smith
Texas Monthly
May 2016
http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/katharine-hayhoe-lubbock-climate-change-evangelist/

250 Faith Leaders Demand Nations Ratify Paris Climate Deal
By Jeremy Deaton & Jack Jenkins
Think Progress
April 18, 2016
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/250-faith-leaders-demand-nations-ratify-paris-climate-deal-c150f6a30ec3/

A Western Soto Zen Buddhist Statement on the Climate Crisis
Soto Zen Buddhist Association Press Release
April 18, 2016
http://fore.yale.edu/news/item/a-western-soto-zen-buddhist-statement-on-the-climate-crisis/

Delivering on the Promises of Paris: Why the World’s Muslims Are Demanding Climate Action Now
By Naser Haghamed
Huffington Post
April 18, 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naser-haghamed/delivering-on-the-promise_b_9717634.html

From the pope to the people: Emerging religious environmental movement faces challenges amid global economic pressures
By Dan Smyer Yü and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
March 14, 2016
http://globalplus.thearda.com/globalplus-religion-and-the-environment/

Women on the Front Lines Fighting Fracking in the Bakken Oil Shale Formations
By Emily Arasim and Osprey Orielle Lake
Common Dreams
March 14, 2016
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/14/women-front-lines-fighting-fracking-bakken-oil-shale-formations

An Evangelical Movement Takes On Climate Change
By Tik Root
Newsweek
March 9, 2016
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/18/creation-care-evangelical-christianity-climate-change-434865.html

Connecticut Program Makes Solar Affordable for Low-Income Families
By Zahra Hirji
InsideClimate News
February 25, 2016
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/25022016/connecticut-program-solar-power-low-income-famiilies-freedom

Eminent climate change scientist courts religion
By Joshua Emerson Smith
San Diego Union-Tribune
February 24, 2016
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/24/sd-me-ramanathan-scripps-climate-change/

Coal Money Divides Oakland's Churches
By Darwin BondGraham
East Bary Express
February 10, 2016
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/coal-money-divides-oaklands-churches/Content?oid=4673334

Exxon Stiff-Arms a Request to Take Moral Responsibility for Climate Change
By David Hasemyer
InsideClimate News
February 3, 2016
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022016/exxon-stiff-arms-request-take-moral-responsibility-climate-change

Faith communities unite for action on climate change
By Russell L. Meyer
Orlando Sentinel
February 1, 2016
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-church-climate-change-myword-020216-20160201-story.html

Faith & Climate Change: A guide to talking with the five major faiths
Climate Outreach
February 2016
https://climateoutreach.org/reports/climate-change-faith/