Environment

Industrial pollution is a major problem in China, where massive, low-cost manufacturing has taken priority over environmental protection. But that may finally be changing as awareness about the impact of China’s rapid industrialization grows. One of the...

“We know that faith-rooted justice is what builds bridges. Faith-rooted justice takes care of all of our earth, takes care of our people, takes care of our politics," says Sister Simone Campbell, director of a national Catholic social justice lobby. More...

In Chihuahua State, relations between Mennonites and other farmers have been strained by a water supply that officials have said could run out in 20 years. Source: Mennonite Farmers Prepare to Leave Mexico, and Competition for Water - The New York Times

Pope Francis issued a call for social justice in a speech to world officials gathered at the United Nations on Friday. Degradation of the environment, he argued, hits the poor the hardest. Source: Before The World's Most Powerful, Pope Delivers...

The popular pope has challenged U.S. political orthodoxy — on both sides of the aisle. Source: How Pope Francis Clashes With Both Democrats And Republicans, In 1 Graphic : It's All Politics : NPR

"Judaism is very deeply rooted in agriculture, and I didn’t know that before,” says Molly Zimmerman, who had the support of a three-month fellowship from Hazon, a Jewish environmental group, to learn about organic farming. “Being able to learn things from...

For a small cadre of ministers, environmentalism is about more than pollution and global warming; it’s about links between consumption patterns and inequality. Source: Young Methodists Plant Churches With Environmental Gospel - The New York Times

In southwest Louisiana, a small African-American town has been overrun by petrochemical plants and oil refineries. Source: August 28, 2015 ~ Environmental Justice in Mossville | August 28, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

A vast archaeological site sits atop one of the world's biggest untapped copper deposits. Afghanistan must decide which resource will be a greater boon. Source: What's Better For Afghanistan's Future: Buddha Tours Or A Copper Mine? : Goats and Soda : NPR

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A group of Islamic experts urged the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on Tuesday to do more to fight global warming, in a new example of religious efforts to galvanize action before a U.N. climate summit in Paris in December.In June, the...