Category: Fossil Fuels
-
Oil Stocks are Surging: An Ethical Dilemma
“Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Philippians 3:7-8 This article was also published at United Methodist Insight on June 1, 2026. My previous post on “Envisioning the…
-
Santa Marta Conference: Envisioning the Transformation of the World
I have been paying attention to the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, which met in Santa Marta, Colombia during the last week of April. As Convener of Fossil Free UMC and a member of the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, I wrote this article for United Methodist…
-
Fossil Fuels: The New “F” Word
COP 30 Ends with No Roadmap for a Phaseout of Fossil Fuels Also Posted In United Methodist Insight These days, “fossil fuels” seems to be as unspeakable as the other “f” word used to be, at least in official documents addressing climate change. COP 30 ended not only without the roadmap to a transition away…
-
At this Time When the Earth Needs Us Most
This past year I have been updating Love in a Time of Climate Change: Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice, which was originally published in 2017. The revised version will be released on January 13. Here are a couple of excerpts from the new Preface: At this time in history, when the stability of life on Earth…