Climate change denial

April 19, 2016

Religious shareholders attack ExxonMobil’s reputation, worry about oil giant’s ‘reputational risk’

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, shareholder activists of the corporate God-fly variety, are gearing up for the May 25 ExxonMobil Corporation annual general meeting. The ICCR agenda isn’t about maximizing shareholder value, but seems far more intent on reducing it. Continue Reading...

April 01, 2016

SEC Allows Activist Nuns’ Climate-Change Resolution

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission determined March 22 that ExxonMobil Corporation must for the first time ever allow a vote to proceed on a proxy shareholder resolution submitted by members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Continue Reading...

July 20, 2015

EcoLinks 07.20.15

Cardinal George Pell takes a swing at Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service Until now, Pell had remained quiet on the contents of the encyclical, despite gaining a reputation in Australia as a climate change denier. Continue Reading...

July 14, 2015

EcoLinks 07.14.15

A Hindu Reflection on Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical Sunita Viswanath, Huffington Post Through this Encyclical, the Pope has invited every person on the planet into dialogue on the many pressing ecological issues facing humanity – and their impact on the poorest people of the world. Continue Reading...

June 26, 2015

EcoLinks 06.26.15

The Pope, the Globe, and the Facts Cal Thomas, Townhall.com Is it worth radically altering our economies and lifestyles and giving government even more power over us for a climate change faith that has not been fully debated and is problematic at best and wrong at worst? Continue Reading...

June 12, 2015

EcoLinks 06.12.15

Liberal Clergy Lobby Vatican Ahead of Pope’s U.S. Visit Aisha Bhoori, TIME “The Gospel is political,” said [former undocumented immigrant from California, Father Jesus Nieto-Ruiz]. “We cannot distinguish and say, ‘Okay, the Gospel must explain theocracy,’ and then let the politicians run our lives with no principles whatsoever. Continue Reading...

May 28, 2014

The Years of Living Dishonestly

A bit of honesty, please. The premium network Showtime is airing an original series, The Years of Living Dangerously, which pits such intrepid reporters as Hollywood B-list hotties Jessica Alba, Olivia Munn and America Ferrera against climate-change “deniers.” Continue Reading...

March 12, 2014

Harry, Keep the (Climate) Change

On Monday, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) held an all-night, 14-hour pajama party in Washington. In between the truth-and-dare games, hair braiding, karaoke and candy and soda binging, Sen. Reid dropped this bombshell: He’s not a fan of the brothers Koch, billionaires Charles and David. Continue Reading...