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Along with the Catholic Climate Covenant, ‪@catholicclimate.bsky.social‬, join with other Catholics to voice your concern about the EPA's proposed elimination of the Endangerment Finding. Submit a comment to the EPA before September 15th.
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YouTube video by WaterMattersTV Why Every Drop Counts: Easy Ways to Save Water Today!

Less than 1% of all the water on Earth can be used by people. The rest is salt water (the kind you find in the ocean) or is permanently frozen. We can't drink it, cook with it, wash with it, or use it to water plants.
Learn Why Every Drop Counts: Easy Ways to Save Water Today!
youtu.be/j0yjZdCPOSQ

Home Join our global movement to reduce plastic pollution. Discover solutions and ideas to help reduce plastic waste in your home and community.

What can you do to reduce your use of single-use plastic?
Plastic Free July™ is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution.
www.plasticfreejuly.org

Along with the Catholic Climate Covenant, share your thoughts on the Care of Creation with Pope Leo. By collecting stories from Catholics across the US they are introducing the Pontiff to the ongoing work of environmental stewardship.
catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/popeleojotform

Action Alert! 🚨 Urge your Members of Congress to support the full funding of LIHEAP and to reject proposals that undermine energy justice & creation care!

Learn more about this action - we make it easy to contact your Members of Congress here: catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/liheapaction...

Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive

Great article on the rippling effects of ongoing insect declines.

"People may not be motivated to save the insects for their own sake, but a world without insects is a world without birds. It’s a world where nature offers no song to the rising sun."

🪲🪳🐦 🌎

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

🦋 2025’s Top Cities for Pollinator-Friendly Landscaping 🐝 Which cities are using their lawns and gardens to invite and sustain pollinators? Discover the 2025’s Top Cities for Pollinator-Friendly Landscaping.

Lisa Kuder, Native Plants & Landscapes Specialist, University of Maryland Extension, lists Goldenrod (Solidago spp.), Sunflower (Helianthus spp.), and Joe-pye, boneset (Eupatorium spp.)as pollinator powerhouses.
www.lawnstarter.com/blog/studies...

Thank you for all of your efforts!

Osprey Population on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Collapses Amid Menhaden Concerns, New Research Suggests New research indicates a collapse of the osprey population along the seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a frequent area for industrial menhaden fishing by Omega Protein.

Osprey chicks are starving in their nests. Scientists point to lack of menhaden—key food source—amid industrial fishing by Omega Protein. It’s time for action. #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay

What do these vertical bars represent? One hint is that we are experiencing another record breaking-heat day.
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Are you in the DC/DMV area? There's still time to register and join us in hand-delivering Laudato Si' to all 148 Catholic Members of Congress on Capitol Hill!

Learn more and register at bit.ly/LStoCongress. #EcoCatholic

Free·<em>ish</em> Since 1865 Juneteenth is a reminder that we must keep digging, deeper and deeper, until we have uprooted anti-Black racism in America and beyond.

Today is #Juneteenth! A day of jubilation, reflection, and a call to action. Juneteenth marks the delayed end of slavery in Texas—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation—and reminds us that freedom is a fight that continues. Learn more:

Action Alert! 🚨 Join us and the @usccbofficial.bsky.social by urging your Member of Congress to protect God’s creation and save the IRA in budget reconciliation. Learn more and take action for our common home and the common good here: catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/summeradvoca...

Bee City Howard County sign displayed in a pollinator garden.

It's Pollinator Week and now more than ever native bees and pollinators need our help. Thank you to Bee City USA-Howard County for their helpful resources to make a postive difference. Even a few pollinator plants in your garden can help.
hocobeecity.weebly.com

White dove flying in dark sky illuminated by light.

Yesterday, the Church celebrated Pentecost. Piety, as one gift of the Holy Spirit, is a reverence for God, manifested through worship, love, and respect for God's creation. This respect extends to all of God's creation, including nature, other people, and even one's own body.

It’s been a tough couple months for environmental justice. But the @usccbofficial.bsky.social’s new letter to young people is a needed reminder: our hope is not naive - it is necessary. Learn more about their call to care for creation and act with courage: catholicclimatecovenant.org/press-releas...

Such great advice - Start a conversation.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin intends to repeal 32 critical, life-saving protections against pollution. He boasts, “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.” Send a letter to express that this is unacceptable catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/ZeldinSafegu...

Talking Climate | Katharine Hayhoe | Substack Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ...

Did you know:

* Heat stress & pollution affect fertility, miscarriage & maternal health?

* Love for the next generation is the #1 reason people act on climate?

* Parent groups are among the fastest-growing climate movements?

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We welcome Pope Leo XIV with open arms and pledge to walk beside him, as he said, to build bridges and work for peace. We are moved by his choice of his name, as Pope Leo XIII was a pivotal figure for Catholic social teaching. Read our full statement here: catholicclimatecovenant.org/press-releas...

Thank you so much for doing this!

NOAA cuts "incredible blow" to Virginia restoration efforts, group warns Proposed federal budget cuts could severely undermine Chesapeake Bay restoration, according to one environmental group.

The potential cuts "would devastate NOAA's work helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay, manage the Bay's fisheries, and educate the next generation of Bay stewards”

Youth Climate Institute – Building the next generation of climate leaders Building the next generation of climate leaders Building the next generation of climate leaders Join YCI Start a chapter Join YCI Start a chapter LISTEN TO THE YOUTH CLIMATE INSTITUTE TEAM O...

Young people are worried about the impact of climate change on their futures. Many are using their skills, education, science, and technology to become the next generation of leaders in climate sustainability.
The Youth Climate Institute supports local H.S. students
youthclimateleader.org

It's time to start talking, so use your voice. Collective change begins with understanding the risks climate change poses and the actions that can be taken together.

🌱Check out our carbon footprint calculator: nature.ly/4jWY1Jm

We've been deeply moved by this Farewell Manifesto for the Pope Who Chose People Over the Palace written by Azul Thomé. We find peace in the line, “Rest, Prophet of the Poor, we’ll take it from here” and we continue, in prayer and in action, to heed Francis’s call for justice. #EcoCatholic

May he rest in peace. We will continue your mission.

🌍 Happy Earth Day from all of us at the Sierra Club! 🌿

Today—and every day—we celebrate the incredible beauty of our planet and renew our commitment to protecting it. From towering forests to winding rivers, clean air to thriving wildlife, our Earth is worth fighting for. 💚

Happy Earth Day! Take a moment today to disconnect from screens and step outside. Feel the sun on your face, listen to birds and breathe in the fresh air. Reconnect and remember what we’re working for. nature.ly/44zSTGk

Despite the increasingly gloomy news about climate change, scientist Katharine Hayhoe offers skeptics a sunny attitude Texas Tech scientist Katharine Hayhoe has spent the last 20 years grappling with the question of how to convince skeptics that global temperatures are rising and that climate change poses a threat to ...

Pope Francis has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, something which happens every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope". This ties in nicely with Katharine Hayhoe's message of hope as the best defense against climate change.
www.yahoo.com/news/despite...

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