2018 Climate Articles

COP24: It's not about resources anymore; it's about moral maturity
By Joan Chittister
National Catholic Reporter
December 13, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/where-i-stand/cop24-its-not-about-resources-anymore-its-about-moral-maturity

Catholic groups push for strong climate deal at U.N. summit in Poland
By Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
December 10, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/catholic-groups-push-strong-climate-deal-un-summit-poland

How Climate Change Is Driving Central American Migrants to the United States
By Gus Bova
Texas Observer
December 8, 2018
https://www.texasobserver.org/climate-change-migration-central-america-united-states/

Exploring the Dharmic Way to Think About Climate Change
By Christopher L. Fici
The Wire
December 4, 2018
https://thewire.in/religion/exploring-the-dharmic-way-to-think-about-climate-change

Without traditional knowledge, there is no climate change solution
By Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Conservation International Blog
November 12, 2018
https://blog.conservation.org/2018/11/without-traditional-knowledge-there-is-no-climate-change-solution/

Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline, Says Climate Impact Can't Be Ignored
By Phil McKenna
Inside Climate News
November 9, 2018
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09112018/keystone-xl-pipeline-climate-change-impact-court-blocked-trump-nepa-environment-review

Indigenous poets read urgent climate message on a melting glacier
By Jon Letman
Grist
November 1, 2018
https://grist.org/article/indigenous-poets-read-urgent-climate-message-on-a-melting-glacier/

Painting with climate change message takes shape at MacEwan University’s Indigenous centre
By Phil Heidenreich
Global News
October 31, 2018
https://globalnews.ca/news/4614284/macewan-university-indigenous-climate-change-painting/

Bishops from all continents urge 'ambitious' action on climate change
By Claire Giangravè
Crux
October 27, 2018
https://cruxnow.com/synod-of-bishops-on-youth/2018/10/bishops-from-all-continents-urge-ambitious-action-on-climate-change/

A path to resilience amid climate change
By Marvelous L. Misolas
Global Sisters Report
October 23, 2018
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/column/ministry-environment/path-resilience-amid-climate-change-55537

'Literally life and death': Indigenous climate leaders critical of Canada's response to climate change report
By Justin Brake
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
October 17, 2018
http://aptnnews.ca/2018/10/17/literally-life-and-death-indigenous-climate-leaders-critical-of-canadas-response-to-climate-change-report/

Catholics urge action as UN report forecasts climate crisis in coming decades
By Brian Roewe and Chris Herlinger
National Catholic Reporter
October 10, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/catholic-urge-action-un-report-forecasts-climate-crisis-coming-decades

At Season of Creation's end, know this: Climate change is here
By James Hug
National Catholic Reporter
October 4, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/eco-catholic/season-creations-end-know-climate-change-here-now

Can Buddhism Help Fight Climate Change?
By Lucia Graves
Pacific Standard
October 2, 2018
https://psmag.com/environment/can-buddhism-help-fight-climate-change

Guardians of the forest:’ Indigenous peoples come together to assert role in climate stability
By Justin Catanoso
Mongabay
October 2, 2018
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/guardians-of-the-forest-indigenous-peoples-come-together-to-assert-role-in-climate-stability/

Hear from people at the front lines of climate change
By Carolyn Beeler
PRI
September 19, 2018
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-09-19/hear-these-voices-front-lines-climate-change

Brown, Bloomberg (and Their Agenda) Face Protests at Climate Action Summit
By Christopher D. Cook
Common Dreams
September 14, 2018
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/09/14/brown-bloomberg-and-their-agenda-face-protests-climate-action-summit

World leaders, faith groups gather for Global Climate Action Summit
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
September 12, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/world-leaders-faith-groups-gather-global-climate-action-summit

Why Defending Indigenous Rights Is Integral to Fighting Climate Change
By Jade Begay and Ayş Gürsöz
Common Dreams
September 6, 2018
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/09/06/why-defending-indigenous-rights-integral-fighting-climate-change

Indigenous Activists Win “David vs. Goliath” Victory as Court Rejects $4.5B Trans Mountain Pipeline
Democracy Now!
September 4, 2018
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/4/indigenous_activists_win_david_v_goliath

Catholic institutions commit to climate action
By Erika Street Hopman
Yale Climate Connections
August 23, 2018
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/08/catholic-institutions-commit-to-climate-action/

This man powers his whole house, plus two cars, with the sun
By Samantha Harrington
Yale Climate Connections
August 8, 2018
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/08/man-powers-house-two-cars-with-solar/

On Climate Change, Faith-Based Shareholders Take the Lead
By Sarah Brodsky
Impactivate
August 2, 2018
https://www.impactinvestingexchange.com/on-climate-change-faith-based-shareholders-take-the-lead/

Climate change: The moral case for Christian action
By Joseph Sapati Moeono-Kolio
Christian Today
July 19, 2018
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/climate-change-the-moral-case-for-christian-actionexecute1/130033.htm

The Episcopal Church — standing up to climate change denial?
Edited by Margaret Daly Denton
SEARCH: A Church of Ireland Journal, Spring 2018
http://fore.yale.edu/news/item/the-episcopal-church-standing-up-to-climate-change-denial/

World Religious Leaders Confront Climate Crisis
By Jim Antal
June 11, 2018
https://www.jimantal.com/news/world-religious-leaders-confront-climate-crisis

Religious Leaders’ Symposium on Climate Crisis – A Few Takeaways
By Jim Antal
June 11, 2018
https://www.jimantal.com/news/religious-leaders-symposium-on-climate-crisis-a-few-takeaways

How Community and Faith Groups Are Igniting Action on Climate Change
By Amanda Merck
Salud America!
June 7, 2018
https://salud-america.org/how-community-and-faith-groups-are-igniting-action-on-climate-change/

Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Enbridge Line 3 as Vote Looms this Month
Healing Minnesota Stories (blog)
June 5, 2018
https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/2018/06/05/religious-leaders-speak-out-against-enbridge-line-3-as-vote-looms-this-month/

When facts are not enough
By Katharine Hayhoe
Science
June 1, 2018
https://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/01_june_2018_Main/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1398024&app=false#articleId1398024

'Catholics Are Still In' campaign recommits support for Paris climate pact
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
April 30, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/catholics-are-still-campaign-recommits-support-paris-climate-pact

Divestment from fossil fuels is a witness to our faith
By John O'Shaughnessy and Erin Lothes
National Catholic Reporter
April 23, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/divestment-fossil-fuels-witness-our-faith

Do you believe in God? Then you have a moral duty to fight climate change, writes Jim Antal
By Tom Montgomery Fate
Chicago Tribune
April 18, 2018
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-books-climate-jim-antal-0422-story.html

Turn climate 'words into action' say Faith Leaders
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
April 17, 2018
https://cafod.org.uk/News/Campaigning-news/Turn-climate-words-into-action

Midwest Catholic Workers hold retreat and pipeline protest
By Maria Benevento
National Catholic Reporter
April 14, 2018
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/midwest-catholic-workers-hold-retreat-and-pipline-protest

Indigenous knowledge is critical to understanding climate change
By Timothy J. Greene
Seattle Times
April 10, 2018
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/indigenous-knowledge-is-critical-to-understanding-climate-change/

Native Americans, Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
By Tracey Osborne
Scientific American
April 9, 2018
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/native-americans-fighting-fossil-fuels/

Pastor mobilizes black churches to act on climate
By Diana Madson
Yale Climate Connections
March 22, 2018
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/03/pastor-mobilizes-black-churches-to-act-on-climate/

In Midst of 'Immense Suffering' Caused by Climate Crisis, Caribbean Religious Leaders Call for Debt Relief
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
March 16, 2018
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/16/midst-immense-suffering-caused-climate-crisis-caribbean-religious-leaders-call-debt

Papua New Guinea’s first Cardinal says climate change is ‘disaster’ for his people
The Tablet
March 15, 2018
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8738/papua-new-guinea-s-first-cardinal-says-climate-change-is-disaster-for-his-people

The Koch brothers preached the fossil fuel gospel in Virginia. Then, black churches fought back.
By Kenya Downs
Grist
March 14, 2018
https://grist.org/article/koch-brothers-preached-the-fossil-fuel-gospel-in-virginia-then-black-churches-fought-back/

Lifestory: Evangelical Christian Makes the Case for Climate Change
By Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sight Magazine
March 7, 2018
https://www.sightmagazine.com.au/columns/lifestory/8908-environment-evangelical-christian-makes-the-case-for-climate-change-at-un-summit

Some Christians are cutting carbon for Lent
By Diana Madson
Yale Climate Connections
February 27, 2018
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/02/some-christians-are-cutting-carbon-for-lent/

A climate scientist talks—respectfully—to climate-change skeptics
By Amy Frykholm
The Christian Century
February 26, 2018
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/interview/climate-scientist-talks-respectfully-climate-change-skeptics

Red Cloud’s Revolution: Oglalla Sioux Freeing Themselves From Fossil Fuel
By Saul Elbein
Common Dreams
February 21, 2018
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/02/21/red-clouds-revolution-oglalla-sioux-freeing-themselves-fossil-fuel

Minister urges Christians to act on climate
By Daisy Simmons
Yale Climate Connections
February 2, 2018
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/02/minister-urges-christians-to-act-on-climate/

'This is a sin.' Public appeals to Pruitt's religion
By Niina Heikkinen
E&E News
January 12, 2018
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060070817/