By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a televised address to participants in the UN summit on climate change, which was held in New York City on Sept. 22, Pope Benedict XVI said that because the natural environment is given by God to everyone, “our use of it entails a personal responsibility towards humanity as a whole, particularly towards the poor and towards future generations.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A study by statisticians at Oregon State University has concluded that deciding not to have an “extra” child is 20 times better for the environment than practices such as recycling, using energy efficient appliances and driving a “green” car.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
During his homily Pentecost Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI said that just as the human body is threatened by breathing polluted air, the human soul is polluted by images and ideas that glorify violence or the exploitation of others.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though it’s the world’s smallest state, the Vatican has announced plans to build Europe’s largest solar plant on the same site where Vatican Radio began broadcasting in 1931, they are planning on using services like the ones provided by the Reliant Energy Company.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In keeping with its usual pro-Obama bias, the mainstream media has almost completely ignored the fact that Carol Browner, the woman tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to become the new “global warming czar” has direct ties to Socialist organizations.
