Remembering an Agricultural Hero Amid Local Food Shortages

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This article was originally published on Townhall.com. World Grain just reported that the east African countries of Kenya and Uganda are currently facing severe localized food insecurity. Food “is restricted to specific areas due to various factors including an influx of refugees, a concentration of internally displaced persons, or a combination of crop failure and […]

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Dr. Beisner’s Remarks at Press Conference in Rome April 27

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Having read some 50 books on the science and over 30 on the economics of climate policy, plus thousands of articles, including hundreds of peer-reviewed ones, I could talk on those topics. I could point out that computer climate models on average simulate twice as much warming as observed over the relevant period, and none

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Message to Pope Francis: Protect the Poor from Harmful Climate Policies

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For Immediate Release Burke, VA, April 24, 2015—“Adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere isn’t going to cause dangerous global warming, but it sure will enhance all life on earth—including human life, especially among the poor.” That’s the message Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Founder and National Spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation,

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For Three Billion People, Coal Looks Pretty Good

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Ask a typical college student about “environmentally friendly” energy sources, and the student will usually respond with comments on wind energy, solar energy, or at least “renewable fuels.” Coal would never make the list. But as an economist, I’m always teaching students about trade-offs. There is no energy source that is costless, either financially or

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We Pray for Those Working in the Jardim Gramacho Landfill, Brazil

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 BACKGROUND REPORT  by The Rt. Rev. William Mikler The Jardim Gramacho landfill is the largest garbage dump in South America. No longer active, this enormous trash heap is home to 12,000 people who have neither running water nor sewage. Most all live in shacks made of cardboard or tin, and share the dump with wild

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We Thank God for Forgiveness and Pray That He Would Give Us His Heart for the World

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Merciful Lord God, We thank you for calling us to prayer in the Spirit of Adoption, by whom we cry to you, “Abba! Father!” We thank you for your Word, by which we know “that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of

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We Pray for Those who are Working to Alleviate Poverty and Suffering

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Creator of all things, King of the Universe, I praise you for the wonderful creation you have made, in which you have displayed your infinite wisdom, glorious creativity, almighty power, and love of beauty and complex design. I praise you also that you are a holy judge. When Adam and Eve rebelled against your law, you

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