Pope Francis to Push for Action on Climate Change in 2015
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Pope Francis to Push for Action on Climate Change in 2015

ByKyle W. Bell

Pope Francis will take on global warming in 2015, with a lengthy speech on human ecology and climate change to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, an address to the United Nations general assembly, and a summit of the world’s main religions, according to the Observer. The Sunday paper reports: The reason for such frenetic activity,…

US and China Reach ‘Historic Agreement’ on Carbon Emissions
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US and China Reach ‘Historic Agreement’ on Carbon Emissions

ByKyle W. Bell

After months of secret negotiations, a surprise joint announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jingping revealed the world’s two largest contributors to global warming have made a non-binding agreement to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over the next fifteen years and stated their hope that such pledges will spur other nations…