I normally criticise environmentalists using financial numbers, but Bill McKibben's argument in August's Rolling Stone is based on really interesting numbers: 167 countries are signed up to the 2° target (keep the impact of climate change within this range). 565 gigatons is the amount of carbon we can release into the atmosphere (roughly speaking) before... Continue Reading →

This is the cover story in Brooklyn Rail... On Henry Street just uptown from Foley Square in Manhattan, there is a church called Mariners’ Temple. One Sunday we were among hundreds of folks listening while Mother Henrietta Carter preached. She stood up there, white-robed, and gestured out across the assembled faithful. “We need to see... Continue Reading →

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