A liberal Christian group is targeting the fossil fuel industry, encouraging members fight “climate disinformation” and sue financial institutions over their involvement in the so-called climate crisis. The World Council of Churches, an group of over 352 churches around the world, published a handbook in March encouraging strategic lawsuits against financial institutions it accuses of fueling climate changes. In the handbook, the group — which soft-pedals Christian teachings on abortion and sexuality — argues that Christians should be actively involved in radical climate activism. “As we analyse the current climate crisis, it becomes increasingly clear that advocacy alone is insufficient,” Julio Murray, an Anglican bishop from Panama, writes. “Despite decades of effort, CO2 emissions continue to rise dramatically, mainly driven by the relentless expansion of fossil fuel industries. The urgency of this moment demands that we engage with the law not merely as a tool but as a moral imperative to safeguard human lives and uphold justice.” The promotion of activist lawsuits comes as many financial institutions have started to back away from climate policies. Groups pushing the decarbonization of the economy have seen an exodus of major asset managers from their ranks. This has been prompted by action from Republican lawmakers, who have pushed for answers on how these companies have colluded to target the coal and gas industries. Called “Hope for Children Through Climate Justice: Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable,” the handbook retails for $20 – a digital version can be viewed or downloaded from the WCC website free of charge. It lists potential targets of litigation as commercial and investment banks, asset managers and pension funds, insurers, credit ratings agencies, central banks, financial regulators, private equity and venture capital, large institutional investors, and sovereign wealth funds. The guide recommends using children as the face of the lawsuits.  The goal of the lawsuits, according to the handbook, would be “disrupting a vast number of fossil fuel firms.” “Strategic climate litigation targeting financial actors can reduce finance flows to fossil fuel companies, leading to a reduction in fossil fuel extraction and consumption and declining GHG emissions,” the handbook says. “Climate litigation that holds financial actors accountable can be a circuit breaker, securing binding outcomes not currently achieved by voluntary emission reduction initiatives.” WCC Handbook. WCC handbook. “Financial institutions play a central role in either enabling or mitigating climate change due to their substantial investments in and power over fossil fuel projects,” the handbook says. “Legal accountability for ‘financed emissions’ could reduce fossil fuel investments and promote cleaner energy alternatives.” The World Council of Churches previously urged the International Criminal Court “to consider legal reforms that address the current impunity surrounding climate disinformation.” The handbook addresses the court directly, saying there is a “need to tackle climate disinformation and its direct link to the ongoing financing of fossil fuels.” Jason Isaac, the CEO of the American Energy Institute, told The Daily Wire that the handbook shows radical climate activists using Christianity for political purposes. “It’s tragic to see faith hijacked by climate extremists,” he said. “This handbook encourages weaponizing the legal system against banks that are simply supporting the energy sources that power modern life and alleviate poverty. Christians should be stewards of truth — not tools for a fringe agenda that threatens human flourishing.” Conservatives criticizes the council during Holy Week for posting an article claiming that “climate justice” is a “moral imperative for churches.” While the Christian group use Bible verses to defend many of its positions on “climate justice,” the organization takes a much less definitive tact on issues of unborn life and biblical views of sexuality. For example, a resource from the World Council of Churches on “Love, Justice, and Reproductive Health,” seems to endorse abortion when it wrote “almost one-third of maternal deaths could be averted if all women wishing to avoid pregnancy could access modern methods of contraception, safe abortions, and safe post-abortion care.” Another resource on sexuality says that the United Church of Canada’s “commitment to inclusion” requires the acceptance of ministers and clergy who are “gay, lesbians, or transgendered persons.” The World Council of Christian Churches if funded largely by its members, but also receives significant funding from government sources. The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, contributed over $238,000 to the organization. It also took $106,186 from the German Federal Foreign Office and $4,259 from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, according to its most recent financial report.

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On Friday, ABC’s Selina Wang reported for World News Tonight the latest developments between the Trump Administration and Harvard. The latest battle is over Trump’s move to ban the school from enrolling foreign students, but based on Wang’s reports, someone might assume that Harvard is the only university in the country. At the same time, on NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell echoed Harvard's claim that the move was an assault on the First Amendment while providing precious little from the Trump perspective. Wang began by recapping that, “Today, a federal judge temporarily blocking President Trump's move to ban Harvard from enrolling international students writing, ‘the university showed it would cause immediate and irreparable injury.’”     After dueling quotes from the Department of Homeland Security and Harvard, Wang illustrated which side ABC prefers, “Harvard’s former president warning the move will deter the best and brightest from studying in the United States.” In a clip, Larry Summers added that, “We attract extraordinarily talented people, and we are giving that up because of our own choices.” Of course, there are several other universities in America. Still, Wang continued, “And for now the future of Harvard's nearly 7,000 international students, about a quarter of the total student body hangs in the balance.” After two soundbites from students, Wang concluded her report by noting that “a hearing on this is set for next week. This comes as Harvard has also sued the Trump administration for blocking more than $2 billion in funding to the university.”     Saturday’s Good Morning America would replay much of Wang’s report, including both her and Summer’s laments, but would at least manage to expand to mention Harvard’s DEI programs and inability to control anti-Semitism led it to this point. The same could not be said of NBC. Mitchell reported: Less than 24 hours after the administration ordered Harvard to stop admitting international students, a federal judge has swiftly stepped in and granted Harvard's request to put a temporary hold on the order after Harvard argued that banning thousands of new and returning students, a quarter of the student body, would throw their lives into disarray and result in cancelling countless academic programs. Harvard called the Trump order ‘a blatant violation of the First Amendment’ and claims ‘without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.’ President Trump said today, ‘Harvard is going to have to change its ways. So are some others.’” What ways? NBC’s viewers deserve to know. Here are transcripts for the May 23 shows: ABC Good Morning America 5/24/2025 7:12 AM ET SELINA WANG: Today, a federal judge temporarily blocking President Trump's move to ban Harvard from enrolling international students writing, “the university showed it would cause immediate and irreparable injury.” The Department of Homeland Security had ordered that existing foreign students at Harvard “must transfer or lose their legal status” stating “it is a privilege, not a right for universities to enroll foreign students.” Harvard suing the Trump administration, the university’s president stating “We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action.” Harvard’s former president warning the move will deter the best and brightest from studying in the United States. LARRY SUMMERS: We attract extraordinarily talented people, and we are giving that up because of our own choices. WANG: And for now the future of Harvard's nearly 7,000 international students, about a quarter of the total student body hangs in the balance. MALE STUDENT:  Still very much like in shock, lots of, like, uncertainties right now. MALE STUDENT 2:  We're being used as poker chips in a battle between Trump and Harvard and it’s so cruel. WANG: Linsey, a hearing on this is set for next week. This comes as Harvard has also sued the Trump administration for blocking more than $2 billion in funding to the university. *** NBC Nightly News 5/23/2025 7:12 PM ET ANDREA MITCHELL: Less than 24 hours after the administration ordered Harvard to stop admitting international students, a federal judge has swiftly stepped in and granted Harvard's request to put a temporary hold on the order after Harvard argued that banning thousands of new and returning students, a quarter of the student body, would  throw their lives into disarray and result in cancelling countless academic programs. Harvard called the Trump order “a blatant violation of the First Amendment” and claims “without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.” President Trump said today, “Harvard is going to have to change its ways. So are some others.”

On Saturday, President Donald Trump traveled to West Point, New York to deliver the commencement address at the United States Military Academy. He arrived at the event on Marine One and walked through a line of saluting cadets. According to Fox News, he was greeted by chants of "USA! USA!."Trump strode to the microphone clad in his signature red "Make America Great Again" baseball cap. He then began his nearly hour long address by congratulating the graduating cadets. He told them, "you are winners, every single one of you." His speech touched on areas of foreign policy and what Trump sees as the role of the military as he works to remake the world order. Fox reported that he told the graduates, "The job of the U.S. is not to host drag shows or transform foreign countries, to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun. The military's job is to dominate and foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime and anywhere."WATCH the whole speech below:RELATED: Return of the ‘American System’: Trump’s economic comeback

There have been many challengers to Slay the Spire’s throne, and my favorite among them has just made a return. Monster Train 2 is the successor to a beloved roguelike that earned itself an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ lifetime Steam rating from players. Putting aside the more divergent deckbuilders such as Balatro, the first Monster Train remains my most-loved entry in the genre. It's not definitively better than Slay the Spire, but I like it more; its pacing, style, and more targeted counterplay completely won my heart. Now, it’s back, and the sequel is off to a phenomenal start, already outpacing its predecessor on Steam despite a simultaneous PC Game Pass launch. Continue reading Roguelike deckbuilder Monster Train 2 proves a winner on Steam as players soar MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games

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