A Vatican official, Bishop Crepaldi, seems to be harkening back to the old yarn about how Creation is intended to serve man. Perhaps the Catholic church is getting worried about how concerns for the environment may supplant the interpretation of the world offered by the church.
Two recent Los Angeles Times Opinion piece grapples with the idea that "environmentalism has become a secular proxy religion"
Labels: government, green
This article claims that some US government officials are trying to "steer" the report of the Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- and not in a good way. These same black-suited "officials" of the State Department were said to have called the report "Kyoto-centric."
"The US has also attempted to steer the UN report, prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), away from conclusions that would support a new worldwide climate treaty based on binding targets to reduce emissions - as sought by Tony Blair. It has demanded a draft of the report be changed to emphasise the benefits of voluntary agreements and to include criticisms of the Kyoto Protocol, the existing treaty which the US administration opposes."
Labels: climate_change, government, Kyoto
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