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After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported on Thursday.

After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency

Last month’s average temperature worldwide was 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1991-2020 average for September. Las Vegas is having a below normal year for temperatures.

Using precise scientific data, sharp diplomatic arguments and a sprinkling of theological reasoning, Francis delivered a moral imperative for the world to transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete environmental action to slow climate change before it’s too late.

In an unusually bleak update to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis heightened the alarm about the "irreversible" harm to people and planet already under way and lamented that once again, the world's poor and most vulnerable are paying the highest price.

Georgetown students joined tens of thousands of protesters chanting, waving signs, and singing in New York City streets at the Sept. 17 March to End Fossil Fuels. Marchers called on President Joe Biden to take action against climate change by halting federal approvals for any new fossil fuel projects and phasing out drilling on public lands. 

(RNS) — People of faith can help bend the curve on emissions.

SOBE Thermal Energy wants to use pyrolysis to break down shredded tires to convert them to synthetic gas. Some residents are concerned about the impact on air quality.

The climate-catastrophe crusade has been joined by a new regiment of converts: the religious left wing.