Our gift to children is a murky future
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 6 January 2008.) The leaders in my generation apparently wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic...
View ArticleLeaders refuse to see what’s happening
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 12 February 2008.) Scientific evidence is springing up everywhere that indicates the massive and pernicious impact of the human species on the...
View ArticleLife as we know it being put at risk
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 22 March 2008.) The chairman of the International Panel on Climate Change was in Raleigh last month to speak at the Emerging Issues Forum and to...
View ArticleEarth Day letter to an editor
(This letter has been submitted to the Chapel Hill News. We publish it here today to acknowledge Earth Day.) Humankind inhabits a tiny celestial orb that is miraculously set among of sea of stars. As...
View ArticleJune 2008 letter in the Chapel Hill News
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 12 June 2008.) In our time humankind is surely experiencing the fulfillment of a Chinese proverb: “We live in interesting times.” Many of our...
View ArticleLetter to the Chapel Hill News, July, 2008
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, July 29, 2008.) We in the town of Chapel Hill are implicated in a daunting global threat, a colossal problem that appears to involve every citizen on...
View ArticleTapestry beautiful but resources finite
(Following Steve’s July letter to the editor of the Chapel Hill News another newspaper reader replied. The reader offered some objections that have become familiar to those of us who have been working...
View ArticleBillions end up paying for excesses of the wealthy on Wall St.
(This item was published as a guest column in the Chapel Hill News, November 26, 2008.) Our lexicon of business activities is being expanded daily, thanks to the “wonder boys” on Wall Street. We are...
View ArticleEmbrace change for planet’s sake
(The following letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 11 January 2009.) In calling for change in our time, scientists are speaking about what could somehow be true, speaking out loudly and...
View ArticleGlobal Population Speak Out: Letter to Representative David Price
The Honorable David E. Price (D-NC) U.S. House of Representatives 2162 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-3304 Dear David, Because we are neighbors and there is a matter of...
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