Religion News Service Evangelicals are losing their climate skepticism No wonder the pushback on President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has thus far been minimal. https://religionnews.com/2021/04/28/evangelicals-are-losing-their-climate-skepticism/
Otis Moss III Otis Moss III: Care for the land is intimately tied to Black liberation https://faithandleadership.com/otis-moss-iii-care-land-intimately-tied-black-liberation
The Guardian Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/12/fifth-of-nations-at-risk-of-ecosystem-collapse-analysis-finds
Mark Feldmeir When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. Axiom #1: When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then…
Uncategorized A life insurance policy on the planet In the debate over climate change, does it not make logical sense to take out a life insurance policy on the planet? If there is any chance that the prevailing…
Diana Butler Bass The earth as part of the body of God The late Irish Catholic priest and philosopher John O’Donohue called the land “the firstborn of creation” and the “condition of the possibility of everything.” The earth itself, he insisted, holds…
Bill McKibben Are We Past the Peak of Big Oil’s Power? By Bill McKibben https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/are-we-past-the-peak-of-big-oils-power?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned
New York Times In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record,…
Uncategorized The Gospel of Climate Change Skepticism The United Nations has called climate change “the defining issue of our time.” In some corners, the global response to climate change is more urgently discussed than ever. And yet,…
Sojourners Do You Live Near The Toxic 100? A report today released by the United Church of Christ identifies the nation’s “Toxic 100” super polluters, naming the factories and facilities responsible for nearly half the toxic air emissions…
