climate change

What to Do about Our Kids and 'Eco-Anxiety'

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Rhetoric about climate change is particularly damaging to younger Americans who have “fragile psyches.” I’m not using that description in any disparaging way. According to the NIH, one-third of all kids between the ages 13 and 18 experience an anxiety disorder.

From Young Evangelicals to National Prayer Breakfast: An Urgent Call on Climate Change

Thursday, February 6, 2020

In an open letter to the attendees of the National Prayer Breakfast, several young Evangelicals are calling for climate change action.

Time Magazine Denies Climate Change Deniers: Why 'Settled Science' Won’t Get Us Anywhere

Thursday, September 26, 2019

<em>Time</em> Magazine Denies Climate Change Deniers: Why 'Settled Science' Won’t Get Us Anywhere

On Friday, tens of thousands of students around the world staged a walk out, leaving their classes to demand action on climate change. Well, some students walked out. Many school districts, including across the state of New York, just gave students the day off to join in the protests. It’s still unclear how many students joined the protests and how many enjoyed an extra day off.

Understanding Christians’ Climate Views Can Help Us Talk About the Environment

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

In their second round of debates, Democratic presidential candidates called for aggressive measures to slow climate change. As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has said, “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.”

Controversial Climate Change Legislation Is Finding Traction with Christians

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Although Christians have largely turned a wary eye away from climate change, several Christian groups have recently voiced their support for radical legislation in the Green New Deal.

Climate-Change Millerites: Why Save for the Future If There Is No Future?

Monday, June 24, 2019

Back on October 22, 1844, tens of thousands of Americans who followed a preacher named William Miller, eagerly awaited the Second Coming of Christ. By “await,” I don’t mean that they had a general hope or belief, as in, “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Planet?: The Religious Language of Climate Change

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Philosopher John Gray started his 2007 book “Black Mass” with this declaration: “Modern politics is a chapter in the history of religion.” Now, Gray is an atheist, but he realized that so much of modern politics is an attempt to re-inspire a world originally inspired by religion, especially Christianity.

People of Faith Are the Answer to Addressing Climate Change, Al Gore Says

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

From the roaring applause of the room and the familiar voice of a past presidential candidate, one would have thought they were in a campaign rally.

Group of Women Go on 'BirthStrike,' Refuse to Have Kids Because of Climate Change

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Just days following U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioning the morality of having children in today’s world on an Instagram Live Q&A, two women in the U.K. appeared on the Victoria Derbyshire show to share why they have gone on a “BirthStrike.”