Let’s face it some of the arguments running to and fro about fracking are just plain daft! Earthquakes and carcinogens in the water supply; the closure of major petro-chemical plants and no gas for our central heating systems reflect the agendas of particular groups. Many of those who are opposed …
The climate is warming and this will continue as we burn fossil fuels. There are already serious environmental effects. The poor suffer disproportionately, and will do even more in future if we do not take prompt action. Most fossil fuel reserves should stay underground, but the Church has substantial investments …
New Year Greetings to all the readers of this blog. We launched the JRI Blog towards the end of 2013 so as we reach the start of 2015 we have been going for just over one year. That makes us relative newcomers. The Realclimate blog, which is one of my …
This is a book which has many different virtues. The author’s intention, he informs us, is to help us to discern ‘the voice of nature and the testimony of Scripture’. I think he does more than this. Scripture is certainly present and the way nature teaches us is the main …
I have been reading Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, by the economists Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill (Earthscan, Routledge, 2013) – part of the growing literature arguing for a steady-state economy. The authors sketch a comprehensive blueprint of the systems necessary for …
How it all began Dutch Elm disease (1) galvanised my teenage ideals. I grew up in Somerset and had a long journey to school across the edge of the Somerset levels. The tall majestic elms marked my way for the first few years of secondary school. Then one by one …
