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Hydropower scheme at William Morgan’s 16th-century house to keep humidity levels in check

Despite agreeing upon climate emergency, delegates vote to back oil and gas companies

In our new column about the American south and climate change, we go towards Christians who have been resistant to ideas of environmental stewardship - perhaps it’s a message they need to hear in their own terms

Churches estimated to have diverted £5m from fossil fuels to clean energy providers

Pontiff says clean energy is needed as climate change risks destroying humanity

Catholic order builds chapel in middle of cornfield in attempt to use religious freedom protections to block Atlantic Sunrise pipeline

The Church of England’s Shrinking the Footprint campaign is encouraging dioceses, cathedrals and parishes to reduce energy bills and lower carbon emissions through practical steps, from installing energy-efficient lightbulbs...

Catholic leaders are pressurising the government to drop coal by working with activists and even installing solar panels on church roofs

US Catholic organisations have millions invested in oil, coal and gas but so far few dioceses have reviewed their finances in response to Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change

Activist Naomi Klein, who is in an ‘unlikely alliance’ with Vatican on climate change, says she believes a possible divestment policy is under discussion

CoE sells £1.6m stake, citing ethical concerns over UK firm’s controversial plans to drill in the Congo national park that’s a last stronghold for endangered mountain gorillas

Pontiff’s 180-page intervention in climate change debate casts blame for ‘ecological crisis’ on the indifference of the powerful

Decision by C of E to sell off investments in tar sands and coal welcomed by campaigners who say religious groups can have a far-reaching impact

Move by church’s £9bn fund to divest £12m from tar sands oil and thermal coal reflects more interventionist stance and sets lead for other institutional investors

Group of 17 bishops and archbishops write letter aiming to focus church’s attention on climate change and urging it to dump investments