Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but it's not clear he changed many minds.

More radical proposals come from the community level. The successful 2023 referendum in Ecuador to keep the oil underground in Yasuní National Park points to a more direct confrontation with the ...

Contractors lavished an Amtrak manager with $150,000 in cash bribes, luxury cars, vacations, and a pure-bred German shepherd ...

Elliott credits Francis' climate advocacy in getting Catholic bishops to campaign to pass a 2023 referendum in Ecuador that blocked oil drilling in Yasuní National Park, an Amazon rainforest ...

In Yasuní National Park, representatives of 16 Waorani and Kichwa communities voted ‘no’ against ending oil extraction in their territory during a referendum in 2023 because of the benefits ...