Tag Archives: Climate Change

About that Encyclical

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Posted on the Corner last week: The Economist clearly cannot wait to see the forthcoming encyclical on the environment: Could Pope Francis become the world’s foremost campaigner on global warming? That is certainly the fondest hope (or in a few … Continue reading →

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Jumping on the Popemobile

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner It’s only fair to wait and see what Pope Francis has to say about the environment and climate change in his forthcoming encyclical, although, on the basis of a number of his comments on the topic … Continue reading →

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Coming to a Pulpit Near You?

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner The Guardian, excited: [C]an Francis achieve a feat that has so far eluded secular powers and inspire decisive action on climate change? It looks as if he will give it a go. In 2015, the pope … Continue reading →

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“Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder”

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner Just when you think that the misery that climate change is bringing in its wake can get no worse, there is this. Grist reports: …From depression to substance abuse to suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder, growing … Continue reading →

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Noted Scientific Authority Weighs Into Climate Debate

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Independent Catholic News: The Holy See has called for “an authentic cultural change” to combat climate change which is man-made and therefore man’s responsibility. That was the focus of an address delivered last night to the UN Climate Change Summit … Continue reading →

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God, the EPA and Climate Change Regulation

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From Climate Progress: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaking to three administrators for the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, David Kepley, an elder and deacon at the Providence Presbyterian Church, quoted Leviticus. “God said ‘the land is mine; with me you are … Continue reading →

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“Nostalgia for the Absolute”

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the course of an article triggered by the bullying of climatologist Lennart Bengtsson, Mark Steyn digs up this extract from a tremendous “imaginary address” by Yale law professor Stephen Carter to America’s Class of 2014, currently so busy, as … Continue reading →

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Two Faiths

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

While there are perfectly good scientific reasons for accepting the theory of AGW, the certainty, the fervor and the moralizing displayed by some in the climate change crusade look very much like a form of religious belief. Under the circumstances … Continue reading →

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Free Markets, No Thanks

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Barbara Ward (1914-81), a former foreign editor of the Economist and much more besides, plays an important part in Rupert Darwall’s The Age of Global Warming, a new book that is, among other things, a fascinating intellectual and political history … Continue reading →

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What Americans ‘Believe’

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s the Guardian in full “wacky Americans” mode: About one in four Americans suspect that President Barack Obama might be the antichrist, more than a third believe that global warming is a hoax and more than half suspect that a … Continue reading →

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