Occupation: Author Birth: 1973
If you can frame climate change as an alternate religion, or as one more of those issues where the pointy-headed liberal atheist scientists are tryin….
A person of faith who shares conservative values and who says very clearly that climate change is real - and here's why we have to care about it - I ….
One of the biggest issues with renewables right now is the fact that if the wind isn't blowing, if the sun isn't shining, we don't have energy. Many ….
Where I live, if I put solar panels on my roof I'm not allowed to sell that energy back to the grid. I can't change that restriction myself. I need o….
There's no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per unit of energy produced..
There is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay safe..
I've even had people tell me that I must not be a Christian because I think climate change is real. But you know, there's nothing in the Bible that s….
When I talk to my neighbor, or to someone at church who doesn't accept that the planet is changing, I know that they don't know any better. They've b….
I feel that one of the most important things I can do is connect climate change to the values, the faith, and the issues we already care about. And i….
The first thing we can do as individuals and as communities, like a school or a university or a church, is cut our energy use. Do an energy audit or ….
There has been a concerted effort to frame caring about climate change and the environment as an alternate religion - one that worships the creation ….
Huge advances in clean energy technology are happening all the time. Solar and wind are booming. New ways to generate energy from our windows, the pa….
It's easier to deny the reality of the problem altogether than acknowledge that it is real..
If we smoke, there's no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we'll get lung cancer..
For many of us, our values come from our faith..
Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon future..
There is also a great deal of behind-the-scenes pressure from political funders too. And by funders I don't just mean the fossil fuel industry. Many ….
People have taken advantage of the very well-trodden pathways that divide science and faith on other issues, such as creation, evolution, and the age….
Our carbon emissions have to eventually go to zero. We have to. Otherwise we're never going to have a stable climate and that's what our goal is for ….
We're not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn't be using as much. We need to have the right perspective. It's not just about next q….
It is certainly true that conservative Christians are much more likely to doubt the reality of climate change than mainline Christians or the unaffil….