Climate change

The Question of Climate Change is Secondary to the Need for Creation Care

Tracey Bianchi 3-04-2010

It is still very much winter in Chicago. Sure, the calendar says March, but the piles of snow on the ground look more like mid-January. Everything is brown and crusty.

Supermarket Moments in the Environmental Conversation

Tracey Bianchi 3-01-2010

Last week I was at the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon. I was sans children, and when that happens a trip to the grocery store can feel like spring break.

If the Tea Party movement were consistent, it would tackle defense spending.

Bryan Farrell 2-25-2010

On the one hand, as a new CNN poll shows, 11 percent of Americans i

The Pope vs. Climate Change Deniers

John Gehring 2-19-2010

The recent blizzard of bunk coming from climate change deniers giddy over the recent Snowmageddon that paralyzed the nation's capital is a classic case of putting ideology and politics before scien

Can Peaceful Protest Stop a Rising Tide?

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2010

There are two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle, declared Abraham Lincoln in 1858: “the common right of humanity and the d

Earth, Science, Climate Change

Amy Barger 2-01-2010

Leading evangelicals and climate scientists met on Capitol Hill in November to urge policymakers to tackle the issue of climate change.

Evaluating President Obama's Response to the Haiti Earthquake

Martha St. Jean 1-15-2010

This morning President Barack Obama promised the people of Haiti that they would not be "forsaken" or "forgotten." Yesterday he told Americans, "We have to be here for them in their hour of need."<

Dangerous Denial

Julie Polter 1-01-2010

Bald-faced lies about global warming.

Interfaith Interaction at Parliament of the World's Religions

12-22-2009

I recently returned from 8 days in Melbourne Australia where I attended the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions.

Copenhagen: Done. Next Stop: The U.S. Senate

Jim Ball 12-21-2009

Here's the bullet on what was achieved here in Copenhagen at the international climate change talks that concluded on Saturday.

Copenhagen's Train Wreck: Neither Ambitious, Fair, nor Binding

Tim Costello 12-21-2009

In cold, sleeplessness and utter frustration, Copenhagen's delegates witnessed a depressing conclusion of the glacial-speed negotiations on climate change.

Advent and Advocacy: A Year of Activism in Review

Multiple Authors 12-21-2009

Advent is with us again, calling us to reflect and review, and the Sojourners policy team wants to thank you for walking with us in 2009.

Crunch Time for World Leaders at Copenhagen

Tim Costello 12-17-2009

The rhetoric soared today as rich nation leaders -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Australia's PM Kevin Rudd and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton -- urged completion of a deal to slow global warm

Climate Justice Clips: Reversing the Magnificat in Copenhagen

Jarrod McKenna 12-17-2009

350 might be the most important number in the world at the moment.

Why Climate Change Matters to the Lives of the Poor

Tim Costello 12-16-2009

World Vision is at the Copenhagen climate change talks because this is no longer an environmental crisis alone, but a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Climate Justice Clips: More of Tutu's Message to Copenhagen, 'Join the Winning Side'

Jarrod McKenna 12-14-2009

Video from Copenhagen: Worshipping and Marching with Desmond Tutu

Tim Costello 12-14-2009

A video report from the cathedral where Desmond Tutu spoke, and a section from Tutu's speech to the crowd that marched through Copenhagen:

Climate Justice Clips: Burning for Change

Becky Garrison 12-10-2009

As we reflect on the current economic crisis and the Copenhagen Climate Summit, I'm reminded of the documentary The Burning Season, which

Climate Justice Clips: The Real Conspiracy at Copenhagen

Jarrod McKenna 12-08-2009

This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the middle ages. The bishops collected lots of money and the sinners got redemption. Both parties liked that arrangement despite its absurdity. That is exactly what's happening...

Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 1

Jarrod McKenna 12-07-2009

Ok, so if Amos was to show up today and deliver his poetic-prophetix in the body of a skinny, pale spectacled, over educated English environmental analyst, he might look something like the amazing Danny Chivers. ...