Brian Roewe

Dr. Philip Landrigan, an epidemiologist and pediatrician who has studied the health impacts of plastics, spoke with EarthBeat after U.N. negotiations adjourned Dec. 2 without a treaty to address plastic pollution.

Negotiations in South Korea were expected to deliver a treaty on plastics two years in the making, but the U.N. meeting adjourned early Dec. 2 with delegates for some 170 nations still deadlocked on key issues.

Nearly 200 countries adopted a new financing target to assist developing countries respond to climate change at the United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S. bishops' meeting as ways to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on ecology.

Catholic and faith representatives will join global leaders and national delegates Nov. 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, host to the United Nations climate change conference, COP29. 

COP16 ended without decisions in key areas around implementing a global conservation treaty. But faith groups applauded the summit's establishment of a permanent body for Indigenous peoples in conservation matters.

U.S. Catholic bishops mostly have tempered their remarks about the presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. But some say the bishops' response is inadequate in the face of fears for democracy.

Several organizations are joining in a mission to identify low-propensity voters who care about the environment and motivate them simply to head to the polls.

Among delegates attending the latest United Nations biodiversity summit, called COP16, is a coalition of faith groups who say they aim to parcel out a larger space, and voice, for religion in conservation efforts.

A symposium at Siena College in New York looked at the ethical and spiritual implications of the global environmental crisis, and heard messages from Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.

American Forests, a national conservation organization, is directing millions of dollars from the nation's largest climate law toward faith communities to plant trees in parts of cities long overlooked and underserved.

A new national survey found that young people place the greatest responsibility on the government to address climate change. One in three say they will support candidates who share their climate views.

With a $20 million EPA grant, "we are not only addressing immediate environmental challenges but also building a sustainable, resilient future for our community," said Thayne McCulloh, president of Gonzaga University.

The pope set his prayer intention for September as "the Cry of the Earth," aligning with the monthlong Season of Creation.

Environmental activists, including Catholic and other faith-based leaders, applauded President Joe Biden's "monumental" impact on climate policy and environmental protections, though some noted ways he fell short.

Susana Réfega, executive director of the Laudato Si' Movement, discusses acting on Pope Francis' call for the church to engage challenges facing the world today, primarily climate change and threats to biodiversity.

Climate change presents the world with "a road to death," Pope Francis said in a CBS interview. He affirmed that protecting the planet is a top global priority and chastised global warming deniers as "foolish people."

The Lexington Diocese's commitment to net-zero carbon emissions is one of the boldest responses to climate change to date from the U.S. Catholic Church — and it comes from coal country.

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart build bricks from discarded plastic bottles. It's one way people and communities across the world are addressing the gargantuan problem of plastic waste and plastic pollution.

The largest grant ever awarded to Fordham University in its 183-year history is set to funnel millions of federal dollars to community organizations undertaking environmental justice projects across the Bronx and beyond.