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To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

Rising sea levels and aging infrastructure pose serious flood risks for the coastal city. Efforts by Faith Presbyterian Church and other congregations could help stem the tide.

By Tierra Stone

A Church’s Geothermal Experiment Could Pave the Way for Projects Across New York

By Lauren Dalban

Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

By James Bruggers

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines

Pope Leo XIV bids farewell to King Charles III in the San Damaso courtyard during his visit to the Vatican on Oct. 23. Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

How a Historic Meeting Between Pope Leo and King Charles Might Shift the Narrative on ‘Creation Care’

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

New Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church members celebrate the installation of rooftop solar panels in southwest Detroit. Credit: Courtesy of Michigan Interfaith Power & Light

Houses of Worship Could Help Fuel the Energy Transition. Solar Evangelists Are Hard at Work on That

By Liuan Huska

Glad Tidings’ founder, Bishop Jerry Macklin and one of the church’s new EV charging stations. Credit: Courtesy of Glad Tidings

A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging

By Nicole J. Caruth

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is a pastor at New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester, Mass., and served as Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the City of Boston from 2021 to 2024. Credit: Joshua Qualls/Massachusetts Governor’s Press Office

Juneteenth and Its Role in Environmental Justice—for All

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV arrives on the central balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica for the first time after the cardinals ended the conclave in the Vatican on May 8. Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Frederique Seidel (left), World Council of Churches Senior Program Lead on Children and Climate and Peter Prove, WCC Director for International Affairs, at the handbook launch in April. Credit: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

A New Handbook Shows Churches How to Hold Fossil Fuel Actors Accountable

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet

By Kiley Bense

Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action as ‘Religion’

By James Bruggers

Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change

By Nina Dietz

These Climate Advocates Are Tapping Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause

By James Bruggers

What to Make of Some Young Evangelicals Abandoning Trump Over Climate Change?

By James Bruggers

Religion Emerges as an Influential Force for Climate Action: It's a Moral Issue

By Johanna Peace

God's take on Mountaintop Mining

Religion's View from Appalachia: Only God Should Move Mountains

By Stacy Morford

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