Fostering Ecologicl Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yesterday, oil prices broke a threshold, ending the day above $80 per barrel, a record. Markets were reacting to the surprise hurricane that hit Texas and some of the oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Humberto indeed raised eyebrows among scientists. The storm went from a tropical depression [...]
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 in the [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
We continue our cautionary tales regarding biofuels. While the Western world goes about looking for crops it can turn into fuels for our cars and trucks, questions continue about the impact the biofuels industry will have on the world’s ability to feed itself.
Yesterday, the NY Times had an article about [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I think most of us know this now. One of the scary things about the strong hurricanes predicted for the future because of the rising temperatures of oceans and seas is that we have destroyed so much of the natural buffers that protect us from devastating landfalls.
Back in 1998, [...]