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December 16, 2020

Vatican aims for net-zero emissions

Solar panels are seen on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican in this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo. In a videomessage, Pope Francis told the Virtual Climate Ambition Summit that Vatican City is aiming for net zero carbon emissions.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis pledged Vatican City State would achieve net-zero carbon emissions before the year 2050, and he urged everyone in the world to be part of a new culture of care for others and the planet.

Published in Vatican
March 30, 2017

Bishop concerned U.S. won't meet carbon emission goals after Trump order

The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen behind the smokestacks of the only coal-burning power plant in Washington in this March 10, 2014, file photo.

WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan jeopardizes environmental protections and moves the country away from a national carbon standard to help meet domestic and international goals to ease greenhouse gas emissions, said the chairman of a U.S. bishops' committee.

Published in International
September 3, 2015

D&P fall campaign tackles the spiritual and political sides of climate change

Smoke billows from the American Electric Power’s coal-fired Mountaineer Power Plan in New Haven, W.Va. Development and Peace has launched its fall campaign to combat climate change.

On the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on Sept. 1, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace launched its fall campaign demanding action on climate change.

Published in Canada