The latest five-year farm bill continues a pattern of subsidizing corporations while squeezing every last drop of use out of farm families and cropland.
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Catholic leaders alarmed by federal climate report
“We really have to wake up and get serious about tackling this issue, particularly reducing our energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
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Seattle University plans fossil fuel divestment: Will other Jesuit schools follow its lead?
The fossil fuel divestment movement, which started in the 2000s, has become a mainstay of activism on college campuses.
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Plenty of weapons, lack of safe water is a ‘disgrace,’ pope says
“Unfortunately, in many countries where people do not have normal access to safe drinking water,” what is not lacking “is the supply of weapons and ammunition, which continue to deteriorate the situation,” the pope said in a message published Nov. 8.
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Folks in rural part of Panhandle ask: Where’s the help?
“It’s a struggle. You feel frustrated because our local government seems to care more about the tourism industry than the hard-working people.”
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In Florida panhandle a local church steps up after Hurricane Michael
Much like New Orleans’ Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, the low-income neighborhoods east of Panama City, where St. Dominic is located, were especially hard-hit by the storm. Now residents here are desperate for help.
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Surveying the damage after Hurricane Michael
Human-driven climate change is intensifying tropical cyclones across the globe, climatologists say, but the role it played in the tragedy at Mexico Beach is both subtle and surprising.
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New book alleges that Canadian police favor mining interests over indigenous peoples
Carleton University researchers say that Canadian mining companies are taking advantage of anti-terrorism tactics to suppress legitimate political protest.
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Women religious petition for Supreme Court hearing to stop natural gas pipeline
A Pennsylvania religious congregation planned to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether their religious freedom rights are being violated by the construction and pending use of a natural gas pipeline on its land.
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19 more Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuel industry
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Caritas India are among 19 Catholic institutions that have decided to divest from the fossil fuel industry.