While she didn’t get it into the $2.2 trillion bill to stimulate the economy and help businesses survive the nearly nationwide shutdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tried to insert tax credits for solar and wind and CO2 emissions standards for airlines as part of her effort to get America to […]
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Occasionally we get hate mail. Here’s a recent example. I know who sent it but will hide his name to protect him. I hope your alliance members have a moment of reckoning. Don’t feel entitled to a vaccine, a ventilator, or the electric power it runs on. Those are the products of the same science that
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A nineteenth-century philologist (Richard Chevenix [a delightful name!] Trench, in his book Synonyms of the New Testament) called “Hell is paved with good intentions” the “queen of proverbs.” That came to mind about halfway through R.R. Reno’s “Say ‘No’ to Death’s Dominion,” in First Things. Reno begins by quoting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: “I
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Every year on March 25 the Cornwall Alliance hosts a Day of Prayer for the Environment and the Poor. This year, with the Coronavirus bringing suffering to millions all over the world, we really need to pray. Here are some broad, general ideas to guide you. First, begin with praise and thanksgiving to God for His wisdom, power, and love
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This is a long article. I hope you’ll read it all anyway. If you’re staying home to help reduce the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), you may have more time on your hands anyway! I’ve prayed and pondered long and hard what to say about the pandemic, wanting to encourage simultaneously both prudent care
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In a wonderful essay called “On the Reading of Old Books,” C.S. Lewis argued that because every age has its own blind spots, we need the perspectives of other ages to help us see our own. So he recommended reading old books. “To be sure,” he said, “the books of the future would be just
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… clean nor renewable, that is. That fact came through loud and clear in an article last August by energy expert Mark Mills and co-author Alexander Ackley in The International Chronicles titled “The Destructive Myth of Green Energy: If You Want ‘Renewable Energy’ Get Ready to Destroy the Environment.” Here are a few facts that
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on February 13 issued a press release claiming “January 2020 was Earth’s hottest January on record.” Predictably, mainstream media trumpeted the news. ABC’s treatment was typical. Some thoughts on ABC’s report—which are generally applicable to the press release and other media coverage as well: For an indication of just
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Late last year someone sent me a link to Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s column “I’m a Climate Scientist Who Believes in God. Hear Me Out.” It was published in the New York Times October 31, 2019. Dr. Hayhoe’s Ph.D. is in atmospheric science. But she teaches in the political science department at Texas Tech University. She criticizes evangelicals
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. All creation belongs to Him (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 24:1). Though God reveals Himself in creation, the Bible, and His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, He is distinct from and transcendent over creation (Romans 1:25). Those who deny the Creator/creature distinction become futile in their
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