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Down-to-Earth Theology

Our planet is in deep trouble. What to do? One of the most prophetic voices in American Christian thought, Sojourners devoted an entire issue to the environment. Every article is rich, provocative, passionate and faithful.  Includes essays by Ched Myers and Bill McKibben. (Photo by Larry Page, used by Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Catastrophic Weather: The New Normal

Ferocious blizzards and cataclysmic cyclones. Welcome to our planet, circa 2011–a planet that, like some unruly adolescent, has decided to test the boundaries. For two centuries now we’ve been burning fossil fuel that pours carbon into the atmosphere; for two decades we’ve been ignoring the increasingly impassioned warnings of scientists. And now we’re getting pinched.

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The Temperature Is Getting Hot as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More

Fossil fuel is wrecking the one earth we’ve got. Polite suggestions won’t get us anywhere. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, and the warmest April, May, and June on record. It’s time to get busy!

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The Oil Slick You Can’t See

When the Gulf of Mexico turns from green to brown, it’s easy to see pollution. But Christian environmental activist Bill McKibben says fossil fuel consumption is poisoning the world’s oceans in a way that is invisible and has received little attention. It’s acidification from CO2 absorbtion, and it threatens to undermine the web of life.