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CLIMATE-CHANGE/USA-RELIGION (FEATURE, PIX):FEATURE-Young evangelicals push to 'build a bigger choir loft' for U.S. climate action

6 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing up in a conservative Christian home and school, Kyle Meyaard-Schaap learned a lot about scripture and its values but “almost nothing about climate change”, he remembers. The U.S. evangelical movement he belongs to has long stood out in public opinion polls both for its backing of conservative Republican politicians and its doubts about climate change, in a nation where views on the issue remain deeply partisan. But in Meyaard-Schaap’s reli...

Apr 27 2021 In 2019, British supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners launched its ‘Plan Plastic – The Million Pound Challenge’ scheme. In essence, the initiative was intended to use the money from the sale of 5p single-use plastic bags to fund projects aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution. This issue is an increasingly serious one, with an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ending up in our oceans every year. More still find their way into the atmospher...

* White evangelical Christians make up a quarter of U.S. voters * Youth members are pressing for climate change policy * Evangelical support for Trump fell in 2020 presidential election By Laurie Goering May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing up in a conservative Christian home and school, Kyle Meyaard-Schaap learned a lot about scripture and its values but "almost nothing about climate change", he remembers. The U.S. evangelical movement he belongs to has long stood out in public opinio...

Faith Leaders Highlight How the American Jobs Plan Invests in U.S. Communities May 7, 2021, 9:00 am “When we create jobs that pay living wages, lay the foundation for healthy communities, and invest in our public resources with an eye toward equity and justice for all, we are treating our neighbors with dignity.” — the Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life Action, on the American Jobs Plan Faith leaders, through their connections with their communities and congregations, kno...

Tonnes of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation to ensure its rapidly growing mountain of defunct televisions, computers and gadgets are disposed of safely. Hundreds of thousands of discarded items, which under British law must be dismantled or recycled by specialist contractors, are being packaged into cargo containers and shipped to countries such as Nigeria and Ghana, where they are stripped of t...

Apr 27 2021 Read 3 Times In 2019, British supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners launched its ‘Plan Plastic – The Million Pound Challenge’ scheme. In essence, the initiative was intended to use the money from the sale of 5p single-use plastic bags to fund projects aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution. This issue is an increasingly serious one, with an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ending up in our oceans every year. More still find their way into the atmosphere i...

‘I’m very keen on bunnies’: Boris Johnson’s father Stanley defends rabbits after PM mocks climate activists Jane Dalton © Provided by The Independent The prime minister’s father says he is “very keen on bunnies” and that “bunny-hugging” is an affectionate term, after Boris Johnson used the phrase to take a swipe at environmental idealists. At a virtual summit over action to curb rising greenhouse gases and sea levels, the PM told world leaders: “It’s vita...

DeSmog In their second round of debates, Democratic presidential candidates called for aggressive measures to slow climate change. As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has said, “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.” Politicians realize that many voters care about this issue. A 2018 survey conducted by Yale and George Mason Universities categorizes 69% of Americans as at least “somewhat worried” about c...

By Ellis Hawthorne2021-04-07T09:50:00+01:00 Forgetting to bring reusable bags to the supermarket can stir up a lot of emotions: frustration, anger, even guilt. But, thanks to some smart investing by the retailers, we needn’t dwell on that last one for too long. With help from environmental charity Hubbub, Waitrose used the 5p bag charge to begin a £1m grant fund to which over 150 projects applied. Here are the five winning projects and what they’re doing with the funding.  Community Bio-...