Tag Archives: climate change debate

Australia’s Electric Car Future

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Passionist JPIC Australia

As another G7 meeting winds up, it was heartening to see the concern and commitment the leaders showed for tackle Climate Change. G7 environment ministers agreed that they will deliver climate targets in line with limiting the rise in global … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Climate Change, climate change debate, Dan Andrews government, electric car tax, Electric cars, Electric vehicles, Environment, Environmental Concern, G7, Greens, JPIC, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists | Leave a comment

Australia’s Lost Opportunity

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Passionist JPIC Australia

When Donald Trump became president of the United States, he promised to prioritize corporations, businesses and jobs over the environment and public health. In many ways, he succeeded. Donald Trump came into office as a climate denier. When he took office, … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Climate Change, climate change debate, climate change denier, Climate Conference, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, JPIC Passionists, net-zero emissions, Paris Agreement, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Scott Morrison, virtual climate change summit | Leave a comment

St. Anthony In the Fields Ecology Project

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Many of you know that St. Anthony in the Fields, at Terrey Hills, NSW, was the birthplace of the Passionist Family Group Movement, but you may not know the lead it is taking in becoming a green church that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Climate Change, climate change debate, climate change denier, ecological issues, ecology, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, green consciousness, Greenhouse gasses, greening, human-rights, Indigenous, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Laudato Si, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, PFGM, Pope Francis, St. Anthony in the Fields, Terrey Hills | Leave a comment

How to Psychologically Explain Climate Change Denial

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Days after millions of young people demanded an end to the fossil fuel era at protests around the world, a landmark U.N. backed study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate, was clear that allowing carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Carbon dioxide emissions, climate change debate, climate change denier, Coral bleaching, death wish, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, Greta Thurnberg, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pleasure principle, Poverty, self-destructive behaviour, Sigmund Freud, student strike, thanatos, UN, United Nations | Leave a comment

Dear Mr. Morrison

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Our recent federal election returned Scott Morrison, leader of the LNP, to the post of Prime minister of Australia. It was a surprise for many of us due to the turmoil that the coalition leadership has experienced over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice | Tagged Asylum seekers, Carbon dioxide emissions, Catholic Religious Australia, Climate Change, climate change debate, CRA, Environment, Environmental Concern, Free Market, Global warming, homelessness, human-rights, Indigenous, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Paris Agreement, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Religious intolerance, Scott Morrison, Uluru Statement | Leave a comment

Good News for the Environment

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

The election of President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s new leader was a great concern for those of us who are worried about the environment and the immanent threat of Climate change. He promised to exploit the Amazon, harvesting the rain … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Amazon rainforest, Brazil, Carbon dioxide emissions, Care for the Earth, China, climate change debate, deforestation, Environment, Environmental Concern, environmental destruction, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, greening, India, Indigenous, Jair Bolsonaro, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, MODIS, NASA, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Recognition of Indigenous, Tree planting | Leave a comment

The Insect Apocalypse

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Where have all the grasshoppers gone? Over that last 2 years I became aware that I hadn’t seen a grasshopper in years. I remember as a child that whenever I crossed a piece of lawn, be it our lawn at … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged agriculture, Bee population, Bumble Bee, chemical use, Climate Change, climate change debate, conservation, deforestation, endangered species, Environment, Environmental Concern, fertilisers, Global warming, insecticides, insects, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pesticides, pollinators, pollution, unsustainable farming | Leave a comment

South Australia’s Blackout and the Climate Debate.

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Since September of last year, here in Australia, the debate regarding climate change and renewable energy has hotted up. First of all to give you all a bit of background. On Wednesday evening, the 28th of September 2016, a severe … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged clean coal, Climate Change, climate change debate, climate change denier, Climate Council, climate debate, Environment, Environmental Concern, extreme weather, extreme weather events, Fossil fuels, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, Jay Weatherill, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, lithium batteries, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Port Augusta Power Station, renewable energy, renewable energy resources, Silverton Project, solar power, South Australia Blackout, ultra super critical coal, wind farm, wind power | 1 Comment

There is no Planet B

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Passionist JPIC Australia

On the 2nd of September, 2016, an open letter was posted to the Australian Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists. In light of the ratification of the Paris Agreement, which came into force on the 5th of … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Andrew Glikson, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Carbon dioxide emissions, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, climate change debate, drought, Environment, Environmental Concern, extreme weather events, Fossil fuels, Free Market, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, higher world temperatures, Ice sheet melt, irreversible global warming, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Our dying planet, Paris Agreement, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Sea level rise, United Nations | Leave a comment

Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Thea Ormerod, the president of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, has been working with our Provincial Council to look at our investments and how green they are. I wrote to her recently asking if she would be prepared … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Carbon dioxide emissions, Climate Change, climate change debate, Environment, Environmental Concern, environmentally friendly, green consciousness, green economy, green investments, green politics, Greenhouse gasses, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pollution, Thea Ormerod, Unjust investments | Leave a comment

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