Not long ago, as part of a series of articles on what is being done in response to climate change in all fifty states, a New York Times publication painted a seemingly innocent picture of teenagers gathered at the edge of six wooded, hilly acres in Minnesota. These young people, guided by an environmental group called Green […]

In the summer of 2006, just a year after the Cornwall Alliance began (initially under the name of Interfaith Stewardship Alliance), I joined a variety of scientists, economists, and other scholars in publishing A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming. That prompted many talk show hosts to interview me on

In comparison with traditional electric power generating sources, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric, solar power has a tremendous land footprint per amount of electricity generated. In general, as discussed in “Energy at a Glance: Solar Power” and “Affordable, Reliable, and Clean: An Objective Scorecard to Assess Competing Energy Sources,” research shows solar power

Last year, the New York Times ran “50 States, 50 Fixes,” a sprawling series of articles purporting to offer solutions to environmental, especially climate, challenges across America. Writing for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, I’m challenging that series, one by one, demonstrating that many of the supposed environmental fixes cause their own environmental problems.