Climate Care Team
Hybrid vs. Electric Vehicles
Hybrid vs. Electric Vehicles An interesting fact has come to my attention. Toyota has been seen as falling behind other carmakers in transitioning to fully electric vehicles. However, this is probably intentional on Toyota’s part. Its focus is on mass deployment of hybrids to significantly reduce emissions. The carmaker believes that having large numbers of…
Read MoreA PLEA TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO VOTE
It is October already, and it will soon be time to vote in our state and national elections. We want to remind you to vote and persuade your family members and friends to vote also. There are many issues at stake, so if we want to see sensible solutions we will need to make our…
Read MoreCosts of NOT Stopping Climate Change
Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more articles and statements about the occurrence of climate change, as I’m sure you have also. They have been in magazines, newspapers, on television news, television documentaries, and speakers on television and in person in our area. It seems everyone who is honest with themselves understands that we have…
Read MoreCreation Care Corner
The United Church of Christ Earth Summit was convened for the second time in April 2024. The keynote speaker was Bill McKibben, who is well-known as one of the leading writers and speakers on climate change. He wrote his first book on the subject in 1989. He called the damage from carbon fuels the “greatest…
Read MoreCreation Care Corner
As I write this on the first day of summer 2024, it’s becoming clear that many things climate-related are increasingly extreme this year. It’s true that individual weather events and seasonal trends are not entirely due to climate change, but the frequency and severity of these events is. A list of some of these things…
Read MorePlastics Part 2
This article is a follow-up to last month, which was about our plastic crisis – how much oil goes into producing millions of tons of plastic per year, and that it persists 500 years in nature. This month our focus is on the harm caused by the production of that plastic from oil. I attended…
Read MoreCreation Care: Our Plastic Crisis
Plastic first started being created on a global scale in the 1950s. Since then annual plastic production has exploded to an estimated 460 million tons as of 2019. While plastic has many beneficial uses, single-use plastics have become a real environmental threat. All manner of groceries and consumer goods come with plastic wrappings that ultimately…
Read MoreThere is some good news about methane in large animal feed operations
If their by-products are treated in digesters to capture the methane gas which is produced. Some of these larger farm operations are collecting manure in large tanks, mixing it in an oxygen-free environment and heating it. Micro-organisms break down the organic material and methane is captured and then burned to produce heat and electricity for…
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Positive News in Battling Climate Change
Wind and solar produced more energy in the European Union in May of this year than all fossil fuels combined. Swiss citizens voted “yes” by 59% to a new climate law. It will cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 by equipping all buildings with renewable heating systems, supporting businesses with their plans…
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