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According to government figures, pollution from cars account for more than 18% of UK emissions.
Action in the car industry is considered crucial to cutting emissions to 51% by 2025 and to reach net zero by 2050 – a key target in the 2008 Climate Change Act.
To help fight climate change, the Revd Malcolm Fife, Minister of Christ Church United Reformed Church (URC), Cross Lane United Church, and Huyton URC, has become the first minister in the URC Mersey Synod to choose a plug-in hybrid car.
Since September 2019, the world has watched with shock and horror as bushfires have torn across parts of Australia, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
More than 2,000 homes have been razed to the ground, and according to reports, at least 25 people and millions of animals have died.
Having recently returned from Australia, the Revd Neil Thorogood, Principal of the United Reformed Church’s Westminster College in Cambridge, reflects on his visit and offers a prayer for everyone affected by the tragedy:
Northern College, Lavington United Reformed Church (URC) in Bideford, and Redland Park URC in Bristol have committed to divesting from fossil fuels.
They join fifteen other churches and Christian institutions of various denominations in announcing their divestment commitment as part of the Epiphany Declaration for Fossil Free Churches.
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