At a conference at the Vatican Saturday, Pope Francis told oil executives “climate change” could “destroy civilization.” The Pope’s warning ensues from his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’, in which he called climate change “a global problem with grave implications” and “one of the principal challenges facing humanity.” He warned that it would most gravely impact the poor, […]
Did Cornwall Alliance’s Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change cause the Pope and his advisors to think twice? Maybe, maybe not. But “sources inside Santa Marta [where Pope Francis makes his home] are reporting that the Pope will not be publishing [the] already completed text [of the encyclical], and has—for the time being—tabled
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Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, thought by many to be Pope Francis’s closest advisor, went out of his way at a press conference in Rome before the start of an assembly of Caritas Internationalis, a federation of Catholic charities, to condemn efforts by the Cornwall Alliance, the Heartland Institute, and others who met in Rome in
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Having read some 50 books on the science and over 30 on the economics of climate policy, plus thousands of articles, including hundreds of peer-reviewed ones, I could talk on those topics. I could point out that computer climate models on average simulate twice as much warming as observed over the relevant period, and none
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Your Holiness: April 27, 2015—As world leaders contemplate a climate agreement, many look to you for guidance. We commend you for your care for the earth and God’s children, especially the poor. With this letter we raise some matters of concern that we ask you to consider as you convey that guidance. Much of the
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For Immediate Release Burke, VA, April 24, 2015—“Adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere isn’t going to cause dangerous global warming, but it sure will enhance all life on earth—including human life, especially among the poor.” That’s the message Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Founder and National Spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation,
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