As a Conservative, I am thrilled that this year's Earth week is also going to involve the Evangelical community. On Tuesday, there was an Interfaith Moral Action on Climate (IMAC) held in Washington, DC. IMAC was inspired by the realization that the awareness of climate change has decreased while the actual impact of the changes are increasing. …

What’s a new year without retrograde behavior? Just in time to ring in 2012, on December 30, judges on a panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington agreed with some power companies to stop the implementation, at least temporarily, the Cross State Air Pollution Rule. This delay could cost Americans a year of …

When I first received an e-mail in my inbox titled: “A LATENT EPIDEMIC OF MERCURY POISONING FROM ITS MAGICO-RELIGIOUS AND ETHNOMEDICAL USES IN LATINO AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES," I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. On the one hand, I was offended by the word “mágico” to describe a religious …

This is a guest post by Rabbi Warren Stone, Climate Rabbi: Mothers: it is time to be up in arms. The laws that protect the health of our children are under direct assault by industry. Three insidious bills are now pending before a shamefully receptive Congress to gut the Clean Air Act and to sideline its …

At a recent Sunday mass, my parish in Oakland, California celebrated the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. He is the ultimate patron saint of creation: the poor, animals and environmental stewardship. During the mass, parishioners brought their pets for our pastor's blessing, and were reminded to generously donate time and money to the Catholic …

Governor Rick Perry of Texas has gone to great lengths to make sure voters know that the divine light of the Holy Bible shines on his bid to be the GOP presidential nominee–a prayer meeting for 30,000 in Texas; a proclamation for days of prayer to end the drought that, unfortunately, continues to devastate Texas. …

This is a Guest Post from Laura Michelle Burns: As a new mom, I was excited to visit playgroups and moms clubs. I wanted to connect with other mothers. My diaper bag was full of cloth diapers, a reusable water bottle and homemade snacks. When asked, I was honest and told the moms that my …

Recently, I participated in a live blog radio conversation with fellow members of the Moms Clean Air Force, a group of bloggers helping promote new clean air standards. One of our goals all along has been to get our readers to write letters to the EPA in support of a new mercury and air toxics …

This piece was cross-posted on Slow Love Life. This morning I read an email from my MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE colleague Elisa Batista about how her Catholic church group is helping people write to the EPA in favor of strong regulations on mercury pollution. I suddenly remembered being a teenager learning about the Vietnam War …

Throughout my 34-year-old life, I have had an up and down relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. As a kid, the church was instrumental in baptizing me, educating me — for nine years, I attended Catholic school largely tuition-free — and, along with my parents, giving me my moral outlook and strong work ethic. As …