#Environment

Greta Thunberg: ‘The climate crisis is also a social crisis. It chiefly affects the most vulnerable”

The young Swedish climate activist gave an exclusive interview to street newspapers worldwide, including the Italian publication Scarp de’ tenis,…

G7: UK Bishops write to PM Johnson, “the urgency of the ecological crisis. Save the planet and the most vulnerable in society”

Environmental protection in the Constitution. Senate passes the Bill

As a matter of clarity, it should be said that the protection of the environment and the ecosystem was previously…

EU Parliament returns to Strasbourg. A sign of hope

MEPs will hold their plenary session from June 7 to 10. The French city returns to house the Assembly’s activities,…

Drought is scorching Mexico. Quinones Peña (sociologist): “There are clear human, political, social, urban and economic responsibilities”

It hasn’t rained for months in a country already afflicted by the pandemic and facing severe economic and social crisis.…

Scotland: Bishops advancing environmental protection. Pastoral letter and launch of Care of Creation Office

The race for lithium, a battery essential, albeit with high social and environmental costs

There’s more to “Green revolution” than most people realize.  South America , where “Green” is not equivalent to environmental protection,…

49th Social Week of Italian Catholics. “Continuous dialogue with everyone provided the good of peoples is pursued”

“The health crisis and the suffering caused by COVID-19 and by environmental pollution cannot be ignored. The ‘threat’ of the…

Australia floods. Msgr. Vincent Long (Parramatta): “Ecological conversion to save the planet from devastation”

Towns and villages without water supplies; devastating flooding across the country.  Thousands evacuated, and several have died.  SIR contacted the…

Norway: Trondheim, diocese purchases six electric vehicles for priests. Fr. Vold (treasurer), “we take environmental challenges seriously”

Day of Forests: EU Commission, “new guidelines” for “wildfire prevention and effective responses”