While the world cooks, George Bush retreats into his usual adolescent stubbornness
While the world addresses climate change at the United Nations, President Bush spurns the international community and holds his own meeting over ‘aspirational goals’ to reduce carbon emissions.
Thomas Friedman and eco-despair
Our affluent way of life is completely unsustainable, is now spreading to other parts of the world, bringing us ever closer to ecological ruin.
Corn ethanol - still wrong
The New York Times has it right today. The costs of corn ethanol are way too high and its production will not solve our energy or our carbon emissions problems.
Where will we be when the sun goes out?
The sun will one day grow to a red giant, an event the Earth may just survive. Humans will be long gone by then — and much sooner than necessary if we continue on as we are.
Take a break from oil, lower your footprint, spend time with family and friends
Oil prices closed above $80 per barrel yesterday, a record, as another tropical storm heads towards the Gulf of Mexico. This could be an opportunity to think about our lifestyles as we need find ways to reduce oil consumption
Teaching peace from the mountains
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Last evening, the Catholic peace organization, Pax Christi USA, gave its Teacher of Peace 2007 award to Glenmary priest, Father John Rausch. Fr. Rausch is director of the Catholic Committee of Appalachia, an organization with a long history of defending worker rights, economic justice, and the environment […]
Jatropha - fueling our cars with the hunger of others?
Jatropha is a weed that is ideal for biofuels, but its production could undermine food production and cause environmental destruction in some of the world’s poorest countries.
The forests protect us
Forests help protect us from the impacts of hurricanes. Deforestation and overdevelopment of coastlines have increased our vulnerability to these storms, putting more lives and property in harm’s way.
Ravaging the Sacred Earth — for energy
The oil and gas industries are ravaging indigenous sacred lands in Alaska and Canada in the name of energy independence.
Bush — carte blanche to blow away the Appalachian Mountains
President Bush was about to sign a new regulation allowing coal companies carte blanche to blow up Appalachian Mountains through the technique known as ‘mountain-topping.’
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