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Activists with the Lancaster Against Pipelines carry a banner in late April during the People's Climate March in Washington. Nearly two dozen people were arrested Oct. 16 as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia, Pa. (CNS photo/Mark Dixon, Wikimedia Commons)
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Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
"We will continue to have a presence here. How can we not? We live here. This is our home."
The Ravenswood Generating Station, which uses natural gas, fuel oil and kerosene to power its boilers, is seen in 2015 in Long Island City, N.Y. Catholic environment advocates expressed concern over a plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which would have reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. (CNS photo/Justin Lane, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
The EPA has decided to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle on Nov. 3, 2016, in front of a bridge in Standing Rock, N.D., where demonstrators confront police during a protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. (CNS photo/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Eileen Markey
Long before Pope Francis articulated in “Laudato Si’” a comprehensive Catholic call to care for the physical environment, Agape members were focused on treading lightly on the earth and combining a contemplative lifestyle with frontline environmental and peace activism.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
Divestment from fossil fuels is one way to "look at how one applies the teachings" of "Laudato Si'."
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Hurricane Maria is a reminder that this two-tiered system of American citizenship is neither democratic nor tenable.
A train carries coal near Ravenna, Ky., in this 2014 file photo. Catholic groups are developing a new tool to rank countries' work in human and environmental development. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyNews
George Rodriguez - Catholic News Service
The "Laudato Si" Observatory will attempt to measure how countries are living up to the famous Papal encyclical on the environment.