To find oil, companies use everything from remote sensing satellites to seismic prospecting. But could verses of the Old Testament be used to find oil in the Holy Land? Maybe so, according to an article in World Net Daily, which describes how Israel's Zion Oil company is using verses of the Torah to look for a huge reserve of oil. Deuteronomy chapter 33 speaks of Asher "dipping his foot in oil" while Genesis 49 mentions the "blessings of the deep" being on the crown of Joseph. Zion is therefore drilling in the area of Biblical inheritance of these tribes, [...]

To fight alleged man-made global warming, some are being asked to pay higher prices for electricity and gasoline. But for people in the African nation of Chad, the cost means not even being able to cook their food at all. This, according to reports that the government of Chad recently banned the use of charcoal in the capital city, even though it is the sole source of fuel for about 99% of all Chadians. The policy is being touted as an environmental solution to tree-cutting, but it is leaving women and children scavenging on the outskirts of town for [...]

How did the inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama square with his environmentalist credentials? Not very well, at least according to Andrew Langer of the Institute For Liberty, who had this to say: “Obama’s inauguration produced an enormous amount of greenhouse gases. The private jets, limos and even horses that were featured produced a total carbon footprint likely exceeding 575 million pounds of CO2 by our estimates – an amount it would take the average U.S. household over 57,000 years to produce. It seems hypocritical for the scores of celebrities, VIPs and political elites to lecture middle America about [...]

For years, scientists have been puzzled about the number of bats found dead near wind power farms showing no signs of outward injury. But now, a new study published in Current Biology indicates that internal hemorrhaging, or bleeding, caused by bats suddenly flying into areas of low pressure created by the spinning turbines is responsible for the high rate of bat deaths. At one facility, 188 bats were killed in one night, but of the 87 which had no external injury like a laceration or broken wing, nearly 90% had severe internal bleeding mostly from the lungs. This is [...]

The next time you take an elevator to the top floor of a big city skyscraper, you might be in for a surprise - especially when you see tall green grass, wildflowers, and even butterflies fluttering about their business. And the reason for this high-rise nature wonderland is that many office buildings are developing what are called "green roofs" - meaning roofs that contain various growing plants laid out in trays containing six inches of soil. The advantages of green roofs are that they reduce cooling and heating costs, last about 40 years, help reduce water drainage, and of [...]

Recently the EPA accepted public comment on its initiative to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. In response, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow produced a report detailing its objections to the EPA’s move. Comments report author, Paul Driessen: “About 200 years ago, George Washington’s doctors killed him by draining a quart of blood from his body when he was sick. Energy is the lifeblood of our economy – and the proposed carbon dioxide regulations would drain that lifeblood from our homes, businesses and factories when we are in the midst of a recession. They would kill jobs and [...]

Some opposition to safe genetically modified foods is based on the ethical argument that people simply have no right to tamper with nature. But according to a commentary by Samuel Gregg of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, this criticism is surprising, especially from wealthy nations in Europe which have historically embraced the Judeo-Christian understanding that people should exercise reasonable dominion and stewardship over the earth. He points out that long ago, our ancestors engaged in cross-breeding and cross- fertilization to make food safer and more plentiful, and that such beneficial progress is certainly needed [...]