It is nice that there are positive things in the encyclical, but the problem is that, especially in the US, the squishy middle of American society will not hear them. This group of moderates and “undecided” voters obtain most of their news and information from venues like The Daily Show, daytime chat shows, sit coms, and maybe an evening news broadcast. None of those media outlets will mention the points that are mentioned in the article; instead, those outlets will push the theme that evil rich b@st@rds are frying the planet because they hate the poor (or some variation thereof).
Not picking on you, but there is a whole world out there, that isn’t the US.
Real, and I mean real, poverty exists in China, India, Bangladesh, Africa, etc. There are some real SOBs out there, namely Chinese, who are raping and pillaging not only their own environment, but also natural resource rich Africa, etc.
There are little kids who pick apart motherboards and other computer parts to melt them down for silver. Of course, the application of sustained heat creates noxious gases the kids breath in. And the list goes on and on.
Look at what the USSR and China did to their farmland, as well as to other parts of their countries. Look at the Caspian Sea, or what’s left of it.
Is the global warming stuff a bunch of nonsense? Sure, but not everything written is about us.