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Large-scale solar farms, wind turbines, and associated infrastructure are touted as solutions to the climate crisis, but their development comes at the cost of native forests and critical habitats.” “Until conservation charities disentangle themselves from government funding and corporate influence, they risk becoming complicit in the very destruction they were created to prevent.” ... One of the great ironies of our age is the double standard of Big Environmentalism toward wind and solar, which commit numerous eco-sins that would not be tolerated otherwise. Dilute, intermittent, and thus inefficient? Yes. Energy sprawl requiring service roads and transmission lines in the wild?...

[Catholic Caucus] "Sin of Using Doctrine as Stone" - Franics Presides Penitential Celebration During SynodVatican.va published (September 16) a program and list of participants for the October ex-synod on synodality.On October 1, Francis will preside over a penitential service. Testimonies will include a victim of abuse, a victim of war and a migrant. The event will take place "in the name of all the baptized"."Sins" will be invented, such as:- "Sin against creation, against indigenous peoples, against migrants."- "Sin of using doctrine as a stone to be thrown."- "Sin against synodality: lack of listening, communion, and participation of all."An ecumenical...