Last week, nearly 20 actions in 10 states targeted Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline and many other damaging fossil fuel projects.

The risk of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation is creating a "silent emergency" - World Bank

If climate change is the defining challenge for human society, preserving tropical forests is essential - and faith can help

In July, an internationally renowned environmentalist and human rights activist embarked on a 170-mile "Water Walk For Life," protesting proposed pipelines that would run from Albany to New Jersey.

“They call it protesting,” Angel said, while speaking in the plaza. “Why are they calling it protesting? Are we really protesting, or are we standing up for what’s right?

The Catholic Worker community has four houses in Des Moines that focus on a nonviolent lifestyle while serving the poor.

“This report tells a very grim story. The battle to protect the planet is rapidly intensifying and the cost can be counted in human lives,” says Ben Leather, a campaigner at Global Witness.

The resolution, entitled “The Earth is the Lord’s, Not Ours to Wreck,” is part of a growing effort by people of faith from across the religious spectrum to stop global warming from worsening.

There may still be time to stop the Earth’s executioners before they finish the deed, if today’s social struggles are willing to engage in what Edelman called “truly gigantic efforts.” At worst, the movements might go down fighting.

We will be joined by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Director Anthony Leiserowitz and Kalee Kreider, UN Foundation senior climate advisor and Al Gore’s former communications director, for a brief Q&A after the film.

The melting of the glaciers overlooking Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan threatens the water supply of some 68 million people.