Pope Leo Blasts Climate Deniers | Good Climate News
Pope Leo XIV has excoriated skeptics of climate change, calling its impacts “increasingly evident”, reports BBC News. The Catholic Church has been a strong advocate for climate action for decades. Its leader’s most recent comments directly rebut the denialist rhetoric of his compatriot Donald Trump.
France has given the green light to its largest renewable energy project ever, notes Reuters. TotalEnergies will construct a 1.5 GW wind farm off the coast of Normandy which will produce enough electricity for one million homes annually.
An ecologically inspired “green Islam” is playing a larger political role in the world’s largest Muslim country, explains Le Monde. The movement in Indonesia is impacting everything from green architecture in mosques to national climate policy.
Robots are helping developers build solar farms more quickly, relays PV Magazine. A recent project in Australia placed 500,000 panels using specialized robots from U.S. company Luminous, slashing costs and improving worker safety.
The city of Boston is turning abandoned lots into “food forests”, details Inside Climate News. The lots are planted with fruit trees and berry bushes, which naturally sequester carbon dioxide, filter air pollution, and supplement local diets with locally-foraged produce.
A former coal plant in Bridgewater, Connecticut has been demolished, according to News 12 Connecticut. The site will be redeveloped into waterfront condos and retail stores.
