by Linda Brinson | May 1, 2009 | News
Two recent developments helped to energize those who are trying to get a comprehensive energy and global-warming bill through Congress this year. But, only a few days later, further developments demonstrated just how difficult a task enacting meaningful...
by Linda Brinson | Apr 21, 2009 | News
If you want to know how high-stakes an issue is in the nation’s capital, take a look at how many people are working to influence federal policy on it. By that measure, climate-change legislation is one of the hottest games in Washington. In fact,...
by Linda Brinson | Mar 23, 2009 | News
The “Save Darfur” signs and banners that once sprouted in church yards in America have largely vanished, replaced by notices for some other cause. E-mailed petitions and calls to action that flood the inboxes of Christian activists tend to be about some other problem...
by Linda Brinson | Mar 18, 2009 | News
One of the oldest Protestant mission organizations has become one of the most forward-looking religious groups when it comes to fighting climate change. BMS World Mission in Great Britain, the world’s oldest Baptist missionary-sending organization, is taking direct...
by Linda Brinson | Mar 6, 2009 | News
There is coal, and then there is mountaintop-removal coal. Many environmentalists and political leaders concede that it will take years to wean the nation away from its heavy dependence on coal-fired power plants as a major source of electricity. In the meantime, they...
