We’re in motion on yet another series of tours for Campaign 2012… Heading south on I-75 through Tennessee, we saw a billboard that simply read: Less Speed. Less Pollution… We make it a point of driving … Continue reading
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I recently gave a talk at the University of Notre Dame. It was sponsored, in part, by ND’s Center for Social Concerns. The Center is recognized nationally for it’s community-based learning courses. What’s more, students do “immersion … Continue reading
An Associated Press article today said that permanent Arctic sea ice is disappearing at an alarming rate. Multi-year sea ice used to cover 90% of the Arctic basin, but because of global warming it now covers only 19%. … Continue reading
We headed into Durham, North Carolina, for the Green Party National Convention. The Green Party, in my estimation, is tremendously forward thinking on a good number of issues, including the environment. They are on the cutting edge, for … Continue reading
I stood at the “four corners” in Danville, Ohio, last night holding an abortion protest sign that said: Stop the Real War! Abortion kills 3,600 babies a day in America! Afterward, Liz and I gave a talk … Continue reading
The March 2009 edition of National Geographic had a piece about saving energy in the face of advancing global warming. It was noted that Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and … Continue reading
The New York Times today carried a front page article about Sacramento, California’s non-profit Municipal Utility that has come up with a creative strategy to get people to use less energy. On their monthly bills, the Utility include … Continue reading
I mentioned at the beginning of this week that I talked with Augi Pacetti who is a youth minister at St. Ignatius High School here in Cleveland. Several of his students and another teacher have been doing The Great … Continue reading
There has been talk this week by both major candidates about energy policies… Our energy policy calls for, among other things, a dramatic shift to much more sacrifice and the development of renewable energy technologies, I said at … Continue reading
I talked in several Government Classes at St. Ignatius High School today. One of the issues that came up was global warming. A student asked what we could do about it. The instructor, Tim Evans, said that … Continue reading