Christ & St. Luke’s recently hosted our annual Jim Sell Community Conversation, a ministry dedicated to fostering respectful dialogue around difficult issues while promoting growth and change. The topic of this year’s conversation was environmental stewardship.
This opinion column by The Rev. Noah Van Niel addresses the dire need for community action to address flooding in Norfolk.
Virginia passed HB 1965 in the spring which requires from 2025 on that motor vehicles have low emissions or zero emissions in new car purchases. We will all benefit with the cleaner air, but especially those who live near interstates or highly trafficked roads. ...
National Geographic announced there is now a fifth ocean on our planet which joins the Atlantic , Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans. Global warming and melting ice have revealed a unique and powerful current flowing eastward around Antarctica, constantly chasing...
Coal ash, as commented before, is a major problem since it is usually dumped into ponds that pollute the air and the ground water, creating serious illnesses. In the future man may clean up and mine the coal industries historic waste rather than mining then...
More heat waves globally are predicted for the future. About two-thirds of global warming since the 19th century has occurred since 1975. Of deep concern is the affect on the outdoor workers. It has been noted that farm workers, who are frequently exploited anyway,...
Scientists have verified that Earth’s magnetic poles have flipped periodically in the past. One such occurrence was 42,000 years ago and there were drastic climate and environmental changes in the planet. Our magnetic field helps shield us from damaging solar...
The horrific rainstorms which create the destructive flooding that is occurring more frequently now are another product of global warming. The air holds about seven percent more water for every degree of Celsius warming. Therefore storms produce greater deluges which...
Trawling the seafloor, fishing boats release as much carbon dioxide into the ocean as the whole aviation industry pumps into the air. Scientists already knew that nets destroyed seaweed forests, sea sponges, deep sea corals and stirred up sediment in their wake. ...
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