Here is my critique and observations:
Firstly, the author asks the question "is it biblical?", but doesn't provide any Scripture whatsoever to support her position.
Yes, the earth is God's creation and mankind was created to subdue it and rule over it in Genesis 1 and 2.
When mankind fell, so did all of creation - Romans 8:19-25. We and all of creation are not existing as God intended.
Yes, we're still stewards of everything that God has placed at our disposal. But there are priorities, and those are well communicated by Jesus Himself in the Great Commission: preach the Gospel so that fallen mankind will be redeemed.
Jesus didn't die on the cross to save the physical earth. He died to save sinners. (1 Tim 1:15). Humans. Not trees. Not oceans.
I see the current interest by Christians in environmentalism as a distraction in fulfilling the Great Commission: go and make disciples, baptize them.
Is protecting the environment a good thing? Probably is. Does that activity steal time away from preaching the Gospel? What it does is do the good at the expense of the best.
But here's a question for Christian environmentalists:
If you had a house, and it had a sign on the front door that said "Condemned. Total renovation by Owner in near future.", would you go spend any time at all on the house?
Consider these Scriptures:
2 Peter 3:10-13
Revelation 21:1
There's going to be a new heaven and new earth. Old, passed away.
To sum up: lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, not in saving the condemned house.
So much effort and horrific expense on cutting the emissions of trace atmospheric gases, while simultaneously emitting spiritual/ideological pollution by the universe-load: that's modern "environmentalism".
The reason this author doesn't provide support for her position is probably that for her, "Christian" is just a label without content. It sounds good.
I too noticed the absence of scripture in the article but this is now more the norm for what passes as “biblical teaching” when it is normally just somebodies opinion. In the “great commission” Jesus clearly tells us what to do...
Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, and baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
It is the lack of teaching from God’s word that has helped to corrupt our culture. I just read two studies this morning that stated that only 51 % of pastors and 8 % of church members have a biblical worldview (connect the teachings of scripture to how they understand the world). This has lead to around four out of every five young people raised in the church to walk away from the faith.
We need to teach from the Bible and not from man’s opinions.