Bartholomew I on environmental sins

"For humans to cause species to become extinct and to destroy the biological

diversity of God’s creation, for humans to degrade the integrity of Earth by

causing changes in its climate, by stripping the Earth of its natural forests

or destroying its wetlands, for humans to injure other humans with disease, for

humans to contaminate the Earth’s waters, its land, its air, and life with

poisonous substances – these are sins." (circa 2002)