Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: [Action ends: see below for update] For four days, Wendell Berry and 13 others have been holed up in the Frankfort office of KY Gov. Steve Beshear demanding an end to mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR). They refuse to leave until he commits to ending the practice of [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Words of wisdom and guidance from the next Speaker of the House, John Boehner: “…the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: So Sen. Russ Feingold is in a supposedly tight race. I’m not able to take sides in elections in the context of this project, but I do think it important to educate on what candidates are saying. Feingold believes we must act now to address climate change. His [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: No, no more, no more this business about ‘clean coal.’ Coal-powered energy is brought to you at the cost of human lives and vast ecological destruction. This issue is not just about CO2, though coal is the largest single source of CO2 emissions and that must end. But [...]