Mother Earth and Climate Science

Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty once told me that he believes the concept of “Mother Earth” is actually damaging at this point in our environmental decay, insofar as it implies a higher power that serves to limit the damage that humankind is inflicting on the planet.

He has an excellent point here, one that is heightened by adding religion into the mix.  We have congresspeople  who deny climate science on the basis of a line from the Book of Genesis: Only God can destroy the Earth.

That’s problematic, putting it kindly.