Day: June 19, 2013

White House petition would ban teaching of creationism and intelligent design

While the theory of evolution has its merits, it provides no plausible explanation for how life began. Continue reading White House petition would ban teaching of creationism and intelligent design

Obama: ‘Peace with justice means’… a global warming treaty?

Below are Obama’s remarks pertaining to climate change made in Berlin today:

Peace with justice means refusing to condemn our children to a harsher, less hospitable planet. The effort to slow climate change requires bold action. And on this, Germany and Europe have led.

In the United States, we have recently doubled our renewable energy from clean sources like wind and solar power. We’re doubling fuel efficiency on our cars. Our dangerous carbon emissions have come down. But we know we have to do more — and we will do more. (Applause.)

With a global middle class consuming more energy every day, this must now be an effort of all nations, not just some. For the grim alternative affects all nations — more severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise. This is the future we must avert. This is the global threat of our time. And for the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late. That is our job. That is our task. We have to get to work.

Green Dream: China threatens death penalty for serious polluters

Reuters reports:

Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration.

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