According to Gwynne Dyer, author of the book Climate Wars, for each year we don’t “come up with an adequate climate deal (Copenhagen Accords was a bust),” it is probably costing somewhere on the order of 50 million premature deaths … Continue reading
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I talked with Alan Jenkins who is involved with the Earth Covenant Ministry through his Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. (Earth Covenant focuses on trying to promote more environmental stewardship in the face of some tremendously bad environmental practices these … Continue reading
Ok, time to call a spade a spade… During our prayer time this morning, I was reading the kids some writings of Dorothy Day (co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement). At one point, she wrote that people in … Continue reading
The Keystone State Tour 2 rolled on… At a Flying J Truck Stop in Lamar, Pennsylvania, I passed out campaign cards to some rock band ‘roadies’ just getting out of their tour bus. (Speaking of music, check out … Continue reading
I talked at length with Randy Law, who is a former Republican Ohio Congressman from the district around Youngstown, Ohio. He told me that while he is quite conservative and “tremendously pro-business,” he joined with environmental groups (and other … Continue reading
In honor of Labor Day yesterday, I, well, labored. Is that intuitive, or what? I did some touch up painting on our motor home, and other odds and ends. During a Labor Day cookout in Bluffton, Ohio, … Continue reading
We have headed into Colorado for our Rocky Mountain High Tour. (Once again, originality is the hallmark of our campaign.) We have entered near the southeastern corner of Colorado, “coal country.” In fact, we got to Trinidad, … Continue reading
Our Louisiana Gumbo Tour continues… While we’ve been down here, the Deep Water Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf 50 miles south of New Orleans. As of today, the oil spill was at 42,000 gallons a day … Continue reading
Catching up on my notes… A couple weeks back we were at Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia. This is a Christian community that takes in refugees from all over the world. While at Jubilee, I interviewed Liz … Continue reading
I met with Hispanic social activist Anton Flores for a second time Wednesday in LaGrange, Georgia. He said a key to the immigration issue is looking at the systemic issues behind the poverty and violence that drives many people … Continue reading