Two brief items that deserve to be noted:

Mountain top removal is finally being reviewed by the EPA, with a strong hope and prayer by many that this horrendous practice of blowing up entire mountains for the sake of the coal that lies within them will be stopped.  New York times coverage is here; one of the heroes of the anti-MTR campaign is my friend Al Johnson whose organization, Christians for the Mountains, can be found here.

And this weekend is “Earth Hour” – Saturday at 8:30 pm (your local time whereever you are), turn off the lights for an hour.  It’s small, it’s symbolic – it not make a lot of difference by itself, but I think it’s probably worth participating in.  Its one more small way to say that we’re in this together…