Environmental Matters
By MICHAEL POLLAN in the NYTimes on 12/16/07 who discusses and describes the unsustainability of modern agriculture in terms of the "the very scary antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus bacteria that is now killing more Americans each year than AIDS which results from the way we raise pigs, and the vulnerabilities of our honey-bees and its consequences. Pollan makes it quite clear that we are in deep trouble.
An excerpt from Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed - On the manufacturing, transportation, buying and eating of food.
An impressive, entertaining and very informative animated film on the current economic system, and its costs and damage to the planet and its people.
SPEECH BY AL GORE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Review of the effects of global warming on global water supplies - by Tom Englehardt
A World Dying, but Can We Unite to Save It?
By Geoffrey Lean - The Independent UK - Sunday 18 November 2007
Pollution in the seas is now speeding global warming, says a devastating new climate report.
DOT EARTH - BLOG by NYTimes Andrew Revkin (online - regularly updated)
About Dot Earth -
By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. In Dot Earth, reporter Andrew C. Revkin examines efforts to balance human affairs with the planet’s limits. Supported in part by a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Mr. Revkin tracks relevant news from suburbia to Siberia, and conducts an interactive exploration of trends and ideas with readers and experts
Biofuels Could Kill More People
"If the governments promoting biofuels do not reverse their policies, the humanitarian impact will be greater than that of the Iraq war. Millions will be displaced, hundreds of millions more could go hungry. This crime against humanity is a complex one, but that neither lessens nor excuses it."
"Every day, 20 percent of Americans wake up, eat breakfast, and walk, bike, or drive to school. Once there, many students and teachers spend their days in classrooms with walls covered in toxic paint, breathing congested air, and squinting from inadequate lighting."
Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts
New York Times story on this year's melting of the Artic Ice Cap
The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia.
Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates.
This graphic page compares the pertinent facts about paper and plastic bags and the environment.
Also see: http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php
by Bill McKibben in 10-11-07 issue of NY Review of Books
A review of four books by naysayers writng on the need for responding to global warming
On Global Warming: Who Wins and Who Loses?
by Gregg Easterbrook in The Atlantic Monthly | April 2007
Climate change in the next century (and beyond) could be enormously disruptive, spreading disease and sparking wars. It could also be a windfall for some people, businesses, and nations. A guide to how we all might get along in a warming world.
By Jim Hansen - New York Review of Books
New York Review | Volume 53, Number 12 · July 13, 2006
More than a year after written, this is still one of the best articles on the problems a warming planet faces. Hansen is one of the top scientists working on climate change issues. He has been attacked by the White House and friends for speaking out.
Response to "The Threat To The Planet"
Responses to the above article, with Hansen's replies.
By ANTHONY DePALMA | NYTimes | 7/12/07
Christianity and the Survival of Creation
By Wendell Berry in CrossCurrents, 1993
This essay by one of the wisest men in our nation addresses the perceived conflict between Conservationists and Christians. Herein he castigates each party for their errors and offers ways for them to become united in purpose and effeciveness.
by Edward O. Wilson in The New Republic, 08.28.06
A scientist's plea for Christian environmentalism.
by Bill McKibben in New York Review of Books,
November 16, 2006
by Mark Hertsgaard | Vanity Fair, May 2006
"Ten months before Hurricane Katrina left much of New Orleans underwater, Queen Elizabeth II had a private conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair about George W. Bush. ... the Queen had "made a rare intervention in world politics" by telling Blair of "her grave concerns over the White House's stance on global warming."
by Charles Komanoff in Orion, September - October 2006
A journey through the heated debate over wind power.
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