August 6, 2008
Polluted Ganges must be cleaned, gurus demand
Rhys Blakely
Bombay
The Times Online
A coalition of gurus has issued an ultimatum to India’s fragile Government: purify the chronically polluted Ganges, the river revered by Hindus, or face protests and political ruin.
Ganga Raksha Manch, a newly formed alliance of celebrity holy men, is demanding urgent action to cleanse the holy waterway, which has become a noxious cocktail of human and industrial waste, before a general election that must be held before May.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4466950.ece
August 7, 2008
Pope says Catholic Church has undervalued environment
ROME: Pope Benedict XVI has told a meeting of priests that protection of the environment had been undervalued by the Catholic Church in the past, but said materialism was the biggest threat to the planet.
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http://www.terradaily.com/2007/080806185013.7e8d2445.html
Both items are from news@religionand ecology.org.
