The day the Earth stood stupid

By Marty Kaplan
Published on May 13, 2013

Say goodnight, Earthlings. That message — plus the slimmest of shots at an eleventh-hour reprieve — was announced to the people of the world last week.

Editorial Cartoon: Action vs. Inaction

By Steve Greenberg
Published on November 1, 2012

Frogs in hot water

By Steve Greenberg
Published on April 18, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Middle East, climate change, Israel and the San Fernando Valley

Published on December 22, 2011

Not so much a bombshell as a failed firecracker (“Newt’s Bombshell,” Dec. 16). David Suissa turns back the clock to 1977 for a quote from Zahir Muhsein that states the obvious: “There is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese.”

Climate change: Is Dennis the menace?

Published on December 7, 2011

Dennis Prager reminds me of Harry Truman. No, not Harry Truman the president. I’m talking about the Harry Truman who, in 1980, refused to evacuate his Mount St. Helens Lodge, located less than two miles from the crater of the volcano threatening to erupt.

Climate change: A reasoned skeptic’s response

By Dennis Prager
Published on December 7, 2011

In my two columns on why thoughtful people might be skeptical about the apocalyptic global warming/climate change scenario, I addressed the issue with a seriousness and respect that Joey Green does not exhibit in his response. He apparently felt that sarcasm and put-downs comprise an adequate response. They don’t.

The flat earth society

By Steve Greenberg
Published on April 20, 2011

Editorial cartoon

VIDEO: A Sacred Duty—A Jewish response to threats to our environment

Published on July 8, 2008

A Major Documentary on Current Environmental Threats and How Jewish Teachings Can Be Applied in Responding to These Threats.

Take Tu B’Shevat to heart and start healing nature

By Andy Lipkis
Published on January 17, 2008

These are the times for which Tu B'Shevat was created. The rabbis who envisioned this holiday were prophetic: They knew we would need to be reminded on a regular basis about howimportant trees are to our lives. And trees have never been more important to our survival than they are today.

End hypocrisy now

By Rob Eshman
Published on January 3, 2008

Quick, name one thing that 99 percent of all American Jews agree on. Impossible, right? We are the People who pride ourselves on our contentiousness, who revel in our stiff-neckedness, who love to remind the world that where there are two Jews, you'll find three opinions.

But it's not always so.

One couple’s attempt to become less energy dependent

By Jane Ulman
Published on January 3, 2008

Last summer, Bonnie and Marc Gottlieb calculated their carbon footprint, measuring the impact on the earth's environment of such activities as driving their car, turning on their furnace and tossing out their trash. They discovered that they emitted about 56,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere.

What would Noah do?

By Jane Ulman
Published on January 3, 2008

On a ferociously cold evening in November 1978, Rabbi Everett Gendler climbed atop the icy roof of Temple Emanuel in Lowell, Mass., and installed solar panels to fuel the synagogue's ner tamid (eternal light).

"We plugged it almost directly into the sun," said Gendler, who rejoiced that the ner tamid was no longer dependent on the finite and politically questionable energy resources of the Middle East.

Bush’s environmental legacy

By Steve Greenberg
Published on December 20, 2007

A Jewish Environment

By Charlotte Hildebrand
Published on May 31, 2001

One of the country's fastest-growing environmental groups, the interfaith community, has been gearing up to fight President George W. Bush's new energy policies.