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Earth Science Web Research
Explosive Growth in Climate Change Lobby 2/25/2009 (290) Kim McGuire - Article: More than 770 companies and organizations hired 2,340 lobbyists to work on climate change policy in 2008. Environmental Sustainability is a Social Problem 1/20/2009 (291) Michael Muller - Article: Michael Muller, State Secretary in the German Environment Ministry, talks about the environment and social policy. Deep Ecology and Paradise 1/14/2009 (271) Arne Naess - Article: The founder of the concept of deep ecology, Arne Naess, dies at 96. Here he briefly talks about his thinking. Humanity's Meltdown 8/6/2008 (524) Mike Davis - Article : Human solidarity itself may fracture and shatter from resource depletion, intractable inequality, and climate change. Why Societies Collapse 2/9/2005 (128) Comment: A review of Jared Diamond's book Collapse in Grist Magazine. Intelligent Design is Politics not Science 2/7/2005 (198) Article: A 'Wedge Document' from the Discovery Institute in Seattle demonstrates that the so-called Intelligent Design or Creation Science movement is wholly fundamentalist politics. Countdown to Global Catastrophe 1/25/2005 (181) Michael McCarthy - Article: Climate change: report warns point of no return may be reached in 10 years, leading to droughts, agricultural failure and water shortages. Republicans Fight Over Global Warming 11/29/2004 (274) Article: Grist magazine talks about how John McCain goes after the White House on global warming issues. Wrestling with the Divine: God, Darwin and Evolution 6/3/2004 (307) Article : Denis O. Lamoureux of St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, writes about Darwin on the website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Bush Misuses Science 8/8/2003 (281) Comment : A new report shows how the Bush administration distorts the facts. Simple Living Options 5/20/2003 (288) Comment : Global Circle website provides resources for simple living. Senate Vote on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 3/19/2003 (412) Article : This vote is an indication of votes that can be expected in the Senate on various issues. Darwin and Religion 10/17/2002 (371) Comment : A review of Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society. Water: A Right or a Commodity? 10/17/2002 (368) Comment : Jim Hightower writes about water profiteering. One Bush Threatens the Earth 7/8/2002 (332) Comment : Bob Herbert lists why Bush is bad for the environment. |
Earth Science Section
Social Democracy is associated with the idea of the use of science for the betterment of human life. It promotes the ideal that politics and government should be based on the best science available. Unfortunately, the relation of science and politics has become a key issue during the administration of George W. Bush which has systematically made efforts to suppress results of scientific inquiry where they conflict with political goals of the administration. The Bush administration has received widespread support from the so-called religious right. And this group sees itself in a cultural war against sience. At this website we believe that the religious right so focuses debate on the wrong issues that it has a disabling effect on the capacity of the larger community to adequately address the very real concerns involved in the relation between science and society. Of prime importance are issues of global warming and the future of energy. Oil has been the central force in economic development for the past century but now there must be a change. Much political debate these days has to do with questions such as: What institutions should most properly fund and support what types and kinds of scientific research and technology: the academy, corporations, government? How should the benefits of science, such as health care knowledge, be distributed among what groups of people? Does science threaten or support religious faith? In this section will be placed materials related to such issues and questions. ---------- Environmental Defense Fund World Energy Council One of the most important issues in public theology is the role of science. Most of the concerns of the religious right, for example, have emerged because of its rejection of the results or implications of modern science not only for basic faith but also for ethics and morality. We believe that the religious right so focuses debate on the wrong issues that it has a disabling effect on the capacity of the larger community to adequately address the very real concerns involved in the relation between science and society. |