“The threat of climate change is serious and must be addressed but we should avoid exaggerating the problem…
“The report issued by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last Friday held few surprises, but it did assert in a calm and collected way that mankind’s role in changing weather patterns and rising sea levels […]

“… in a WSJ.com survey … Forty of 47 economists who answered … said the government should help champion alternative fuels. [They] say the best way to do that isn’t in President Bush’s energy proposals: a new tax on fossil fuels.
“‘Economists generally are in favor of free-market solutions, but there are times when you need […]

The uncertainty of our times is no reason to be certain about hopelessness.
–Vandana Shiva, Soil Association Conference, Jan 2007, as quoted on TransitionCulture.org

I’ve been reading the latest climate change report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was released last week.  It really is good news.
It’s good news that the projections haven’t worsened since […]

I helped out a friend and did a little writing for a local Catholic parish’s newsletter:

Environmental issues have been a part of Catholic thinking for quite some time.  The U.S. Catholic Conference has a Environmental Justice Program (www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/).  This program is part of the interfaith organization National Religious Partnership for the Environment (www.nrpe.org/).  Catholic views […]

We educate our children in the ways of society—arithmetic, literature, scientific understanding, history. We worry college entry and potential careers. Our environmental coursework might go so far as to warn of looming environmental disasters. We might encourage recycling or participate in community cleanups. Perhaps your family contributes to wildlife funds or charities which save the […]