Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The below post is from Joel Katz in response to TOTO Challenge #1

Chacaltaya’s days are numbered. Nestled away in the Bolivian Andes, the glacier has existed for 18,000 years, but over the last two decades most of it has melted away.

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The below post is from Father Dave in response to TOTO Challenge #1

My passion for social justice has earned me a lot of labels over the years.  I’ve been branded unpatriotic (because of my friendships with Muslims). I’ve been called anti-Semitic (because of my commitment to Palestinian human rights). I’ve been told that I’m a disgrace to the church (because I’m too concerned with feeding bodies and not souls).  And, of course, I’ve been called a leftist ratbag.

One thing I’ve never been called though is a ‘tree-hugger’ or a ‘greenie’, and there’s a reason for that.  In all my writing, speaking and campaigning, I’ve never once focused on the environment. Even the subject of Global Warming has tended to leave me cold (pun intended).

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