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Sweet XVI
Pope lauds Montreal Protocol, Vatican aims for carbon neutrality |
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17 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Sep 2007 The Montreal Protocol turned 20 this weekend -- and you forgot to get it a gift, didn't you. As nearly 200 nations convene this week to discuss the protocol, which has been successful in spurring an international phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals, it has been lauded by no less a person than Pope Benedict XVI, who declared on Sunday, "In the last two decades, thanks to an exemplar ... |
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| Topics: international treaties, Italy, news, ozone, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Critical Mass
Pope urges youth to care for the planet |
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04 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 7:37 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Pope Benedict XVI preached the gospel of green to hundreds of thousands of young Catholics in Loreto, Italy, on Sunday, one day after the Italian church's designated Save Creation Day. While the church gave out recycled-material backpacks filled with biodegradable plates, hand-cranked cell-phone chargers, and prayer books printed on recycled paper, the pontiff implored young people to care for the earth. &quo ... |
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