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Presiding Bishop supports Sioux protests over oil pipeline

The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop is supporting a Sioux Reservation as it protests the construction of an oil pipeline through burial grounds and the Missouri River.

25 August 2016

Ecumenical focus on prayer for creation

Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians are being asked to join in the World Day of Prayer for Creation on 1 September.

17 August 2016

Archbishop of West Indies: "We live in Paradise, but it is very fragile"

The Caribbean is a “paradise” but it is “very, very fragile” and under threat from environmental damage, the Archbishop of the West Indies said.

19 July 2016

International consultation concludes with renewed climate justice commitment

Anglicans from around the world have made a new commitment to fight for climate justice at an international consultation in Fiji. 

14 July 2016

Alone you can run fast, but together we can run far: Anglicans and Lutherans go green together

A challenge to a Lutheran bishop by young Anglicans in Southern Africa has led to the formation of an ecumenical partnership to fight climate change.

05 July 2016

Encountering God in the Storm: Anglicans consult on climate justice

Anglicans from around the world are gathering in Fiji this week for an international consultation on climate justice. 

05 July 2016

1000 green schools plan by Church of South India

A thousand church schools are set to become ‘green schools’ over the next year as part of an ambitious environmental plan by the Church of South India (CSI).

09 June 2016

Churches invited to support World Environment Day

Churches across the world are being encouraged to engage with World Environment Day this Sunday 5 June and to use it as an opportunity to celebrate God’s creation and help protect the planet.

03 June 2016

Support increases for ExxonMobil climate change resolution

Moves by the Church of England’s investment arm, the Church Commissioners, to force global oil giant ExxonMobil to be more transparent in its plans for responding to climate change have received a boost with the news that the two leading proxy advisers, ISS and Glass Lewis, have declared their support for the move.

12 May 2016

Episcopalians reaffirm their commitment to the environment

The Diocese of California in the US-based Episcopal Church held an EcoConfirmation day to mark both Earth Day and the signing, at UN headquarters in New York, of the COP-21 climate change agreement. The event included a Cosmic Walk – a structured meditation on the history of creation.

27 April 2016