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Article: Faith leaders urged on climate change.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)(BULLETIN)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- November 6, 2009
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Faith leaders urged on climate change
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.'"
Those are the words of Genesis 1:28. But they easily could have been the words of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who on Wednesday told more than 200 leaders representing nine of the world's major religious communities that faith communities are in a unique position regarding the fate of planet Earth. Mr. Ban and the religious leaders ...