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Catholic activists echo Popes call for concerted effort after climate pact

2015-12-15 11:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Catholic Herald: Catholic activists have joined Pope Francis in saying that the recently agreed climate change pact must be followed by hard work and action. The COP21 summit, organised by the UN and attended by more than 200 countries, agreed a plan in Paris on Saturday to try and curb global warming to less than 2C (3.6F) by the end of the century. At the Saint-Merri Catholic Church in the French capital Mgr Josef Sayer celebrated Mass with a group of environmental activists after two weeks of intense lobbying...

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Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches

2015-11-28 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The Pope's closest adviser on ecology has urged Catholics to join global climate marches planned for Sunday. In an internal letter to bishops, Cardinal Peter Turkson says people should be "encouraged" to exercise their "ecological citizenship". The letter says that climate negotiators meeting in Paris need to hear the voice of "God's people". Activists say the call is evidence of a step-change in the Church's approach to climate change. Major demonstrations across the world have been...

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Popes call for action on climate change has shifted US views

2015-11-10 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: When the leader of the world`s 1.2 billion Catholics issued his call to action on climate change in June, observers wondered whether this would move the needle in the public debate. A survey of people in the US released late last week suggests that it has. Some 17 per cent of overall respondents and 35 per cent of Catholic respondents said they were influenced by Francis`s message that climate change is a crucial moral issue. The percentage of Catholics who said they were "very worried" about...

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Pope's Visit Prompts Wireless Network Investment in Philadelphia with CommScope DAS

2015-10-01 00:26:09| Wireless - Topix.net

The CommScope FlexWave Prism distributed antenna system deployed along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia supported massive crowds during the Pope's visit to the city September 26-27, but its benefit to Philadelphia lives on. CommScope deployed about 70 FlexWave Prism remote units like this one on street poles along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

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Trump, Bush Attack Popes Call to Climate Action

2015-09-25 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Several conservative politicians, including two presidential candidates, criticized the Pope for calling for climate action in his first-ever visit to the U.S. Donald Trump, who has criticized the Pope repeatedly, does not agree with Francis` latest remarks, in which he called climate change "a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation." However, Trump feels, "I think that clean air is a pressing problem. You want to have clean air, clean water. That`s very important to me, and...

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