The Root Causes of Climate Change: Understanding Extractive Industries and their Impacts

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Join Catholic Climate Covenant and the Inter-religious Working Group on Extractive Industries in a one-hour webinar (Tuesday, Oct. 30th at 3:00 pm eastern) exploring how a faithful and just response to climate change must address the extraction and exploitation on a massive scale of natural resources such as coal, oil and gas, with specific examples from the Southwestern United States and Peru. 

WHAT: Webinar: The Root Causes of Climate Change: Understanding Extractive Industries and their Impacts

WHEN: October, 30, 2018, 3pm EST

REGISTER: Complete this form to register. All who register will receive a link to the webinar recording. 

This webinar will: 
•    highlight examples of domestic and international communities negatively impacted by the extraction of the fossil fuels that cause climate change, with specific examples from Southwestern United States and Peru. 
•    consider how to avoid the damage inflicted by the fossil fuel industry, such as human rights abuses and environmental degradation, as we work to shift to a renewable energy future. 
  
PRESENTERS:
Marianne Comfort, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Franciscan Sister Joan Brown, Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light
Fr. Peter Hughes, Missionary Society of St. Columban, Peru