“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”

Midterm elections, climate voting, protecting wind deals and endangered species, UN climate report, urban greening in Athens, and a mini book review

Communication savvy, ocean heat, new climate scenarios, so many legal and clean energy wins, solar as solution, religion and the world order, election season resources, oat milk, and river resilience

Super El Niño, state of the climate, AI ❤️s Big Oil, New Mexico energy wins, EV sales, IRA persistence, financial wins, Utrecht greenery, and a quarry brought to life

Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?

Legal battles, clean energy milestones, battery tech explained, Yellowstone-to-Yukon conservation, Minnesota adventures, and one very large extinct beaver.

As smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes the United States, Republicans are blaming everyone but the industry heating the planet. Guess why?

Canadian wildfires, heat wave myths, African solar growth, sodium-ion batteries, data center backlash, public opinion on climate, interfaith action, indigenous stewardship, and beehive microgrids

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

Global heat monitoring, fossil fuel deceptions, carbon capture, a humming green economy, Reflecting Pool wetland, NYC urban forests, native gardens, the Kew plant/fungi database, and a honeybee haven

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Happy Fourth of July! Back by popular demand, we invite our sometime guest columnist Pious Petunia to offer sage advice wisdom for coping with the paradoxes and complexities of America’s 250th.

(RNS) — The new bestseller has been criticized for having a shallow understanding of religion. I disagree. 'Yesteryear' depicts how shallow American religion has actually become.

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

Papal encyclical, data centers, dismantling of science, guns to plowshares, beavers, Konik ponies, and one determined gourd

A cheeky reflection on the Pope’s AI encyclical

European heat dome, battery build-out, Portland climate fund, Blue Theology, right whales, wild horses at Chernobyl, eco-boats, Orthodox creation care, and a jellies cam

Colombia summit, Goldman awards, wind energy wins, exciting ; duneEmber energy review, small town resilience, refugia beer, and many pretty graphs

Iran as teachable moment, energy prices, Appalachian refugia, climate emotions, and cottonwood stars

Polar vortex, legal wins and strategies, simplifying solar, neighborly faith refugia, and the music of the universe.

Venezuelan oil, offshore wind, African solar, good state news, federal science funding, green buildings, musical fungi, and one hopeless storage room

Time to Run With the Horses

Climate legislation requiring Michigan to get all its electricity from renewable sources became Gretchen Whitmer’s signature environmental bill. But now, tax incentives the governor granted data cente...

The survey found strong alignment between the outcomes of a liberal education and the skills and dispositions employers view as essential for success in…

Hitting goals, a new phase-out coalition, solar permitting, insurance crisis, climate migration, UK refugia, and tile-whipping

The new Dutch sport of tegelwippen brings the fun of friendly competition together with care of the earth.

An insider report from COP30 plus Brazil adventures and some pollinator therapy

COP30, subnational actors, biodiversity strategies, sea turtles, nuns and indigenous land return, thriving puffins and scuttling crabs

Podcast Episode · Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · 07/11/2025 · 37m

Kipuka to Kipuka: Islands of Life, Faith, and Restoration

So Much Joy: Linda Racine and Traverse City Presbyterian Church

Land as Primary Text for Healing Community: Elaine Heath and Spring Forest