The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:14:18 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Climate change caught in political battle over carbon tax /item/28738-climate-change-caught-in-political-battle-over-carbon-tax /item/28738-climate-change-caught-in-political-battle-over-carbon-tax

OTTAWA – Climate politics are shaping up as a federal election issue in a partisan scenario cautioned against by Pope Francis in Laudato Si’, his 2015 encyclical on the environment.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:26:24 -0500 The morality of a cap-and-trade system /item/20516-the-morality-of-a-cap-and-trade-system /item/20516-the-morality-of-a-cap-and-trade-system

The Ontario government is steaming ahead with a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gasses despite a clear warning from Pope Francis about buying and selling “carbon credits.”

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0400 Put a price on carbon to fight climate change, religious investors tell finance minister /item/20048-put-a-price-on-carbon-to-fight-climate-change-religious-investors-tell-finance-minister /item/20048-put-a-price-on-carbon-to-fight-climate-change-religious-investors-tell-finance-minister

OTTAWA - Religious congregations and faith groups from across Canada have urged CanadaƵapp finance minister to put a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:30:00 -0400