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Open Letter to Attorneys General about Climate Change

by E. Calvin Beisner

Dear Attorneys General, You’re not stupid. Stupid people don’t graduate from law school. Neither are you generally ignorant. You know lots of law. But the day of the “Renaissance man,” vastly learned across all fields of knowledge, is long gone. All intelligent and learned people are ignorant about some things. So, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and members of Attorneys General United for Clean Power, take no offense when I tell you that your intent to investigate and … [Read more...]

Dated: June 10, 2016

Tagged With: Anthony R. Lupo, Anthony Watts, Attorney General Claude E. Walker, BenPhillips, Charles Clough, Chris Skates, Christopher Essex, Ed Maibach, Eric Schneiderman, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Jagadish Shukla, Jamieson C. Keister, John A. Eidsmoe, Kamala Harris, Kevin Lewis, Leonardo da Vinci, Loretta Lynch, Madhav Khandekar, Neil L. Frank, Peter Jones, Roy W. Spencer, Shawn Ritenour, Sheldon Whitehouse, Shukla 20, Timothy Ball, Timothy Terrell, Tracy Miller, Vishal Mangalwadi
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Politics & Law

How Theology Can, and Should, Contribute to Scientific and Public Discourse about Anthropogenic Global Warming

by E. Calvin Beisner

  A paper presented to the Round Table on Theology, Climate Change, and Politics, University of Western Ontario, May 29, 2012 Paleoanthropologist and philosopher Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), who though religious in the tradition of American Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau was certainly no orthodox Christian theist, on reflecting on the kind of soil in which science could flourish, wrote, “In one of those strange permutations of which history yields … [Read more...]

Dated: May 13, 2016

Tagged With: Al Gore, Alfred North Whitehead, Andrew Dickson White, Charles Thaxton, Climate Models, deconstructionism, Eva Kunseler, history of science, History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Jerome Ravetz, John William Draper, Karl Popper, Loren Eisley, Lynn White Jr., Mike Hulme, Nancy Pearcey, philosophy of science, Pierre Duhem, Post-Normal Science, Postmodernism, resacralizing nature, Richard Lindzen, Rodney Stark, Roy W. Spencer, Sallie McFague, science and faith, science and religion, Silvio Funtowicz, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis, The Soul of Science, Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Torrance
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Climate Policy, Environmental Religion, Post-Normal Science, Religion & Science

Why Was March 2016 the Warmest March in the Satellite Record?

by E. Calvin Beisner

UAH Principal Research Scientist and Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow Dr. Roy W. Spencer just posted the monthly UAH satellite temperature update on his blog, and on global average, last month was the warmest March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. Predictably, climate scaremongers are hailing this as proof positive that our evil emissions of evil carbon dioxide from evil fossil fuels are driving us inexorably (Slate says we've "just reached a terrifying milestone"!) toward the tipping … [Read more...]

Dated: April 4, 2016

Tagged With: El Nino, John R. Christy, La Nina, Obama, renewable energy industry, Roy W. Spencer
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Global Warming Science

The Theologization of Global Warming Among American Evangelicals: Who Says Religion and Science Can’t Mix?

by E. Calvin Beisner

[Note: This essay was written in the summer of 2010 at the request of Dr. Patrick Michaels, intended for a book he was editing. His publisher declined to include it in the book because of its religious content. It was never published elsewhere until now. We hope it remains a helpful survey of the history of the debate over global warming among evangelicals up to that time.—ECB, March 11, 2016] Introduction In the last half decade there has been a blossoming of public concern about global … [Read more...]

Dated: March 11, 2016

Tagged With: "Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action", Al Gore, Arne Naess, Barrett Duke, Benjamin B. Phillips, Bill Moyers, Black Church Environmental Justice Network, Calvin DeWitt, cargo cult science, Carl Sagan, Carol J. Adams, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Charles Colson, Cliff Ollier, Climate Change, climate ethics, Climategate, Cornelis van Kooten, Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, Cornwall Stewardship Agenda, Craig Vincent Mitchell, Creation Care, David Legates, David McKenna, David R. Legates, David Saperstein, Declaration of the Mission to Washington, Deconstruction, Deep Ecology, degradations of creation, Edward Wilson, Eric Chivian, Ernst Haeckel, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Eva Kunseler, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation, Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Environmentalism, evangelicals and global warming, Evangelicals for Social Action, Friedrich Nietsche, Global Warming, Global Warming the Complete Briefing, Gordon Aeschliman, Henry David Thoreau, Indur Goklany, Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, irrationalism, Jacques Derrida, James Dobson, James Lovelock, James Parks Morton, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jerome Ravetz, Jim Ball, Joan Brown Campbell, John Carr, John Christy, John Houghton, John Muir, John Ruskay, Joint Appeal by Religion and Science for the Environment, Jonathan Merritt, Kevin McGrane, KUDOS, Let the Earth Be Glad, Ludwig Klages, Martin L. Weitzman, Michael Kinnamon, Michel Foucault, Mike Hulme, Ming-dah Chou, National Council of Churches, National Religious Partnership on the Environment, Nils-Axel Mörner, Normal Science, NRPE, Paul Driessen, Paul Gorman, Paul Thompson, Pete Geddes, philosophy of science, Post-Normal Science, Postmodernism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Renewed Call to Truth Prudence and Protection of the Poor, Richard Cizik, Richard Land, Richard S. Lindzen, Robert Dugan, Robert K. Merton, Robert Seiple, Ronald J. Sider, Ross McKitrick, Roy W. Spencer, Rusty Pritchard, Sally McFague, Silvio Funtowicz, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change, Søren Kierkegaard, Stephen E. Schwartz, Stephen H. Schneider, Steve Hayner, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Ted Haggard, Thomas Kuhn, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Jewish Appeal, Urgent Call to Action: Scientists and Evangelicals Unite to Protect Creation, World Vision, Yong-Sang Choi
Filed Under: Climate Policy, Environmental & Social Justice, Environmental Religion, Global Warming Science, Post-Normal Science, Religion & Ethics, Religion & Science

No, 2015 Was NOT the Warmest Year on Record

by E. Calvin Beisner

Global warming alarmists the world over have been hailing 2015 as the warmest year on record. Reality check: The satellite data are in, and at 0.27 deg C above the 1981-2010 average) it's only the third warmest, behind 1998 (#1, 0.48 deg C above the 1981-2010 average) and 2010 (#2, 0.34 deg C above 1981-2010 average). Kudos to Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow Dr. Roy Spencer, who collects the satellite data with U. of Alabama colleague Dr. John Christy, for providing this monthly update. As our … [Read more...]

Dated: January 6, 2016

Tagged With: Hottest Year on Record, John Christy, Richard Lindzen, Roy W. Spencer, satellite global temperature data, warmest year on record
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Global Warming Science

Climate Skeptics: Bought By Fossil Fuel Companies?

by E. Calvin Beisner

The 30+ scholars---scientists, economists, theologians, and more, interviewed for Cornwall Alliance's Greener on the Other Side: Climate Alarmism---Facts, Not Fear video series---address in this latest video the charge that they're in the pocket of "Big Oil" or the fossil fuel industry in general. A few quotes: "The idea that I'm getting paid off by somebody else is amusing. My principal source of income is the Social Security Administration."---Thomas P. Sheahen, Ph.D., Physics, Director, … [Read more...]

Dated: October 12, 2015

Tagged With: Big Coal, Big Oil, Climate Change, climate skeptics, Fossil Fuels, global warming skeptics, Matt Briggs, Roy W. Spencer, skeptics' funding, Tom Sheahen
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Funding and Incentives, Religion & Science

I Love My Job, and Sometimes It’s Really, Really Fun!

by E. Calvin Beisner

Back in June I had the tremendous privilege of interviewing 32 scholars and leaders on camera for Cornwall Alliance's forthcoming documentary, Where the Grass is Greener: Biblical Stewardship vs. Climate Alarmism, and our already posting YouTube video series Greener on the Other Side: Climate Alarmism---Facts, Not Fear (subscribe to our YouTube channel and you'll be notified of new videos when they post). Many of these are giants in their fields. All are brilliant people and dedicated to the … [Read more...]

Dated: October 6, 2015

Tagged With: Anthony Watts, Ben Zycher, CAGW, Christopher Monckton, Climate Change, Climate Policy, David Kreutzer, David Legates, Elizabeth Yore, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Global Warming, H. Sterling Burnett, Harold Doiron, James H. Rust, James Taylor, James Tonkowich, Jay Richards, Jock Allison, Kathleen Hartnett-White, Ken Haapala, Leighton Steward, Marc Morano, Patrick J. Michaels, Paul Driessen, Robert M. Carter, Roy W. Spencer, S. Fred Singer, Thomas P. Sheahen, Timothy Ball, Tom Harris, Tom Wysmuller, Walter Cunningham, William "Matt" Briggs, William Happer, William M. Gray
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Energy Poverty

An Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change

by Cornwall Alliance

Your Holiness: April 27, 2015—As world leaders contemplate a climate agreement, many look to you for guidance. We commend you for your care for the earth and God’s children, especially the poor. With this letter we raise some matters of concern that we ask you to consider as you convey that guidance. Much of the debate over environmental stewardship is rooted in a clash of worldviews, with conflicting doctrines of God, creation, humanity, sin, and salvation. Unfortunately, that clash often … [Read more...]

Dated: April 27, 2015

Tagged With: Catholic Church, Christopher Monckton, Climate Change, David Legates, Open Letter, Pope Francis, Rome, Roy W. Spencer, S. Fred Singer, Vatican, William Happer
Filed Under: Climate & Energy

Fossil Fuels, Enemy or Friend? Divine Design in the Carbon Cycle

by E. Calvin Beisner

Despite disagreements on some specific questions, I was glad to get acquainted with David Jenkins through his article Are Climate Skeptics Ignoring God's Design? It's always heartening to encounter another admirer of four of my favorite conservative thinkers, Edmund Burke (1729–1797), T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), Richard Weaver (1910–1963), and Russell Kirk (1918–1994)—the last of whom mentored me through my master's degree and introduced me to my wife. It's even more heartening when he shares both … [Read more...]

Dated: October 31, 2013

Tagged With: David Jenkins, Edmund Burke, Fossil Fuels, Richard Weaver, Roy W. Spencer, Rush Limbaugh, Russell Kirk, T.?S. Eliot
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Environmental Religion, Global Warming Science, Religion & Ethics, Religion & Science

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Future Speaking Engagements

May 23, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI

GR.Church, 4525 Stauffer Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Cornwall Alliance President, and Steve Goreham, Cornwall Alliance Board Member, will hold a symposium on Sustainable Energy, Climate Change, and the costs to YOUR life.  For tickets and more information, click HERE.

June 18-21, 2025–Dallas, TX

Cornwall Alliance will be a host of the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ (ACCS) annual Repairing the Ruins conference in Dallas, TX, and will have an exhibit booth.

Details and registration can be found HERE.

September 19-20–Arlington, VA

Dr Beisner will represent the Cornwall Alliance at the fall meeting of the Philadelphia Society and will have a literature table.

Attendance is for Society members and invited guests only. To inquire about an invitation, email Dr. Cal Beisner: Calvin@cornwallalliance.org.

September 26-27– Lynchburg, VA

Dr. Beisner will be speaking at the Christian Education Initiative Annual Summit, “Advancing Christ’s Kingdom Through Biblical Worldview Education.” 

Details and registration can be found HERE.

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