Francis calls on swift global action to confront environmental degradation

Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 00:37 UTC

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Argentine Pope Francis called on Thursday for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles to confront environmental degradation and climate change, blending a biting critique of consumerism and irresponsible development with a plea for swift and unified global action. Read full article

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CaptainSilver
How dare the person leading this organisation lecture the rest of us about environmental degradation whilst telling his followers NOT to practice birth control! There are too many of us mucking up the planet already, and WE are the problem.

What an ace dumbo!
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ChrisR
@ 1 Spot on.
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Room101
China has bought a third of Ecuador's rainforest.
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DennisA
The words of the Pope on climate are directly from Potsdam's John Schellnhuber, ultra- alarmist and proponent of world government by the UN
Jun 21st, 2015 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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