On the first half of today’s installment of The Diane Rehm Show , Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute got off a good line in the midst of a discussion concerning federal regulation of emission standards. Concerning the performance of the American car manufacturers in comparison...

A Boston-area Church of Christ is using environmental stewardship to boost membership. The United Church of Christ, to which the Newbury congregation belongs, has called upon its members to become more deeply engaged in stewardship initiatives. Gary Gardner, a senior researcher at the Worldwatch Ins...

There are two basic errors that entrap discussants on issues related to environmental stewardship. The first error is that of the uncritical activist, who is always ready to embrace whatever faddish innovation or practice the green intelligentsia casts as the latest solution. The problem with this a...

CalCatholic.com: What I have found odd is that so many Catholics, especially female religious, should gravitate toward what appears to be essentially pantheism or what some eco-spirituality thinkers prefer to call “panentheism� (the universe as the “body of God�) when the Church has addresse...

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a completely meaningless gesture on behalf of the unsinkable global warming consensus. As such, it’s my pleasure to announce that the next meaningless gesture will occur... last Saturday? Oops. Yes, Saturday evening saw the arrival of Earth Hour, ...

Dr. Frank S. PagePresident, Southern Baptist ConventionandMr. Richard LandSBC Ethics & Religious Liberty CommissionandPastor Jonathan MerrittCross Pointe Church Brothers in Christ: As a member in good standing of the Southern Baptist Church and a Christian who has through much prayer and Bible s...

PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE RECYCLABLE, RIGHT? What’s more Northwest than a wonderful bottle of ‘pure mountain spring water’? Yes, they are lightweight, easy to stash and take with you, part of a healthy lifestyle… BUT *“Plastic bottles clog landfills, create greenhouse gases and take excess energ...

Knowing the Gardener was a look at the “big picture” distinguishing God’s intent for Christian creation care from the rest of environmentalism. But I must tell you friends, there’s a huge pitfall out there to avoid. It’s a pit God’s been tirelessly digging me out ...

I’m a big fan of Touchstone’s blog and the posts of senior editor S. M. Hutchens in particular. A very deep guy. That’s why I was intrigued when I found a book review of his in the New Atlantis entitled “The Evangelical Ecologist” while googling myself (if that doesn&#...

What a perfectly optimistic way to begin the new year, via Hampton Univeristy Professor Cuker in Dailypress.com: Jesus shared the earth with no more than 400 million other souls, Thomas Jefferson with about 1 billion contemporaries, and at projected population growth rates, our children will live wi...