Pope launches green initiative, decrying “predatory attitude” toward planet
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis launched an initiative on Tuesday to make Catholic institutions ranging from families to universities to businesses environmentally sustainable in seven years, saying a “predatory attitude” toward the planet must end. The Laudato Si Action Platform takes its name from the Pope’s landmark 2015 encyclical on the need to protect the environment, […]
Ex-chef wants to sell US on “carbon-friendly” chickens
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation With about nine billion birds slaughtered every year, the United States eats more chicken than any other country, and its growing consumption of the meat is harming the environment. Now former chef Matthew Wadiak is hoping to make raising chickens more environmentally friendly, with a new breed of “carbon-friendly” birds that […]