2019 Climate Articles

Lessons for COP 26 from the Amazon Synod
By Felicio Pontes Jr.
National Catholic Reporter
December 26, 2019

Young Indigenous activists lead climate justice action in Alaska
By Tripp Crouse
High Country News
December 19, 2019

The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas: Greta Thunberg compels us all to be prophets
By The Revs. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and Leah D. Schade
Daily Hampshire Gazette
December 18, 2019

Amazonian leaders' long campaign for climate justice
By Paula Dupraz-Dobias
Aljazeera
December 14, 2019

Climate Policy Should Reflect the Resilience of Northern Indigenous Communities
By Mylène Ratelle & Francis Paquette
Truthout
December 14, 2019

Theologians Tackle Climate Change Crisis
By Rabbi Yonatan Neril
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2019

Solar Light of the World: Evangelicals Launch Global Clean Energy Campaign
By Griffin Paul Jackson
Christianity Today
December 11, 2019

Latin American Church Calls for ‘Incisive’ Action Against Climate Change
By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.
Breitbart
December 9, 2019

The Climate Crisis Isn't Just Taking Pacific Islanders' Homes, It's Taking Our Identities
By Leilani Rania Ganser
Vice
December 4, 2019

Climate policy needs to reflect resilience of northern indigenous communities
By Mylène Ratelle and Francis Paquette
Climate Home News
November 25, 2019

Why religious narratives are crucial to tackling climate change
By Shamil Shams (Karachi)
Deutsche Welle
November 23, 2019

On Capitol Hill, Jesuit students deliver 58,000 Catholic signatures in support of Senate climate bill
By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
November 22, 2019

How green theology is energizing the black community to fight the climate crisis
By Nicollette Higgs
CNN
November 22, 2019

Notre Dame's Jenkins charts insider's path on climate crisis
By Bill Mitchell
EarthBeat
November 22, 2019

Irish priest addresses climate crisis in Pakistan
By Sarah Mac Donald
EarthBeat
November 19, 2019

I’m a Climate Scientist Who Believes in God. Hear Me Out.
By Katharine Hayhoe
New York Times
October 31, 2019

Alaska: Climate change threatens indigenous traditions
By Krysti Shallenberger
Deutsche Welle
October 22, 2019

Religious leaders bring moral voice to climate change
By Doug Fraser
Cape Cod Times
October 20, 2019

If Muslims Put Climate Change At The Centre Of Their Faith, We Can Make A Difference
By Afzal Khan
Huffington Post
October 19, 2019

Greta Thunberg, favourite to win Nobel peace prize, honoured at Standing Rock
By Oliver Milman
The Guardian
October 9, 2019

U.N. honors Catholic activist using data to fight climate change
By Christopher White
Crux
October 8, 2019

Climate action for peace – faith-based perspectives
UN Environment
October 2, 2019

Awareness remains an issue as global climate strikes draw millions
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
September 30, 2019

'We all need to wake up': Indigenous youth lend their support to climate strikes
By Jessica Deer
CBC News
September 27, 2019

Wisconsin Green Muslims Joins Call for Action at Saturday Climate Rally
Wisconsin Muslim Journal
September 24, 2019

The dominant theological issue’: Environmentalist Bill McKibben wants your pastor at the global climate strike
By Whitney Bauck
Washington Post
September 19, 2019

23 reasons to join Friday's Climate Strike
By Bill McKibben
National Catholic Reporter
September 19, 2019
Defenders of the Earth: UN Champions whose passion for the planet defined their lives
UN Environment
September 16, 2019

Katharine Hayhoe reconciles Christianity and climate science
By Peter Segall
Juneau Empire
September 14, 2019

Faith pledges push global fossil fuel divestments over $11 trillion
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
September 13, 2019

With hajj under threat, it’s time Muslims joined the climate movement
By Remona Aly
The Guardian
August 30, 2019

An evangelical leader calls young Christians to save the planet
By Kate Yoder
Grist
August 12, 2019
https://grist.org/article/this-evangelical-leader-calls-young-christians-to-save-the-planet/

What Indigenous Rights Have to Do With Fighting Climate Change
By Andre Pagliarini
The New Republic
August 7, 2019
https://newrepublic.com/article/154693/indigenous-rights-fighting-climate-change

Is Divestment Key To Our Climate Future?
By Lydia Brown & Lucy Nalpathanchil & Carolyn McCusker
WNPR - Connecticut Public Radio
August 1, 2019
https://omny.fm/shows/where-we-live/is-divestment-key-to-our-climate-future

Welsh campaigners call public bodies to divest from fossil fuels
Independent Catholic News
July 31, 2019
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37591

Fearing Oil Spills, Tribe Sues to Get a Major Pipeline Removed from Its Land
By Phil McKenna
Inside Climate News
July 25, 2019
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25072019/oil-spill-risk-bad-river-tribe-lawsuit-enbridge-pipeline-remove-wisconsin-michigan

What Would Jesus Do About Climate Change?
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Mother Jones
July 21, 2019
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/07/what-would-jesus-do-about-climate-change/

Cultural preservation and climate justice
By Nick Lunch
The Ecologist
July 18, 2019
https://theecologist.org/2019/jul/18/cultural-preservation-and-climate-justice

One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics.
By Dan Zak
The Washington Post
July 15, 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/one-of-americas-top-climate-scientists-is-an-evangelical-christian-shes-on-a-mission-to-convert-skeptics/2019/07/12/9018094c-8d2a-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html

Engaging Christians in the Issue of Climate Change
By Matthew Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, Matthew Ballew, Seth Rosenthal and Anthony Leiserowitz
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
July 12, 2019
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/engaging-christians-in-the-issue-of-climate-change/

Catholic Energies, IGS Solar, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington partner to build huge solar project in Washington DC
Catholic Energies
July 10, 2019
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/catholic-energies-igs-solar-catholic-charities-of-the-archdiocese-of-washington-to-build-huge-solar-project-in-washington-dc-300882004.html

A Social Identity Approach to Engaging Christians in the Issue of Climate Change
By Matthew H. Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, Matthew T. Ballew, Seth A. Rosenthal, and Anthony Leiserowitz
Science Communication
July 7, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547019860847
To request a free copy, email climatechange@yale.edu with this subject line: Request Christian Social Identity Paper.

Europe's first eco-mosque invokes God to fight climate change
By Adela Suliman
Thomson Reuters Foundation
May 22, 2019
http://news.trust.org/item/20190522224451-fawmj/

U.S. religious leaders issue “Religious Declaration of Unprecedented Human Emergency”
By Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Reviving Creation
May 9, 2019
http://revivingcreation.org/u-s-religious-leaders-issue-religious-declaration-of-unprecedented-human-emergency/

Dioceses in major maritime areas pledge fossil fuel divestment
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
May 8, 2019
Why Bill McKibben Sees Rays of Hope in a Grim Climate Picture
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Yale Environment 360
April 30, 2019
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-bill-mckibben-sees-rays-of-hope-in-a-grim-climate-picture

This is how Islam advocates for the environment
By Sarah Huxtable Mohr
My Salaam
April 26, 2019
http://www.khaleafa.com/khaleafacom/this-is-how-islam-advocates-for-the-environment

The Church of South India is taking action
United Nations Environment Programme
April 18, 2019
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/church-south-india-taking-action

The Renegade Nuns Who Took On a Pipeline
By Eliza Griswold
The New Yorker
April 10, 2019
https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/the-renegade-nuns-who-took-on-a-pipeline

Connecting the environment and the church: Nathan Empsall ’19 M.Div.
Yale Divinity School
April 5, 2019
https://divinity.yale.edu/news/connecting-environment-and-church-nathan-empsall-19-mdiv

People of faith must act to confront the challenges of climate change
By Temperince Morgan and David A. Armstrong
Miami Herald
April 1, 2019
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article228692799.html

“Crucified Creation: A Green Faith Rising”
Reflections (Yale Divinity School journal)
Spring 2019

Faith activists urge UN Environment Assembly to address human side of climate change
By Fredrick Nzwili
National Catholic Reporter
March 18, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/faith-activists-urge-un-environment-assembly-address-human-side-climate-change

YDS climate panel pushes past denial and despair
Yale Divinity School
March 14, 2019
https://divinity.yale.edu/news/yds-climate-panel-pushes-past-denial-and-despair

God and the earth: Evangelical take on climate change
By Shay Meinecke
Deutsche Welle
March 7, 2019
https://www.dw.com/en/god-and-the-earth-evangelical-take-on-climate-change/a-47781433

Indigenous researchers plant seeds of hope for health and climate
By Kim Anderson
The Conversation
February 12, 2019
http://fore.yale.edu/news/item/indigenous-researchers-plant-seeds-of-hope-for-health-and-climate/

Carbon Dividend Act gets support from head of bishops' justice office
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
January 29, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/carbon-dividend-act-gets-support-head-bishops-justice-office

Saugeen Ojibway Nation confronts effects of climate change on whitefish fishery
By Rhiannon Johnson
CBC News
January 20, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/saugeen-ojibway-whitefish-fishery-climate-change-1.4982666

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife
By Joe Whittle
The Guardian
January 16, 2019
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/16/water-protectors-battle-lousianas-next-pipeline

To work toward a just society, we need a Green New Deal
By Alex Mikulich
National Catholic Reporter
January 11, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/work-toward-just-society-we-need-green-new-deal