For some Christians, teaching the science of climate change contradicts religious beliefs, but a growing group of evangelical environmentalists has been working to change that view.
For a few years, Richard Cizik, the Vice President for Governmental Affairs with the National Association of Evangelicals, has spoken out as passionately in favor of addressing climate change as he has against abortion, gay marriages or embryonic stem-cell research. You can read an interview with him at Grist and hear one from NPR.
Despite his being isolated by several other religious leaders, Cizik is not alone. The New York Times has also featured Jim Ball, a Virginia minister who relies heavily on the Bible for his guidance in going green. He explains,
“Colossians, chapter 1, verses 15 to 20 is the touchstone text for me,” he said. ” ‘All things have been created by Him and for Him. All things have been reconciled by His blood on the cross.’ The Apostle Paul tells us we are called to be ministers of reconciliation, and that means caring for all things.”
Both men advocate what is widely-called ‘creation care’, which includes preserving the landscape and the livelihoods we have been given. And both men wisely see how climate change poses a direct risk to creation.
Recently there has been more good news. The NAE has backed Cizik’s creation care agenda, reaffirming that “environmental protection … is an important moral issue.” We will need as many voices as possible speaking out on climate change if we are to avoid the worst.




We believe that the greatest potential for transformative change may lie in the emerging technology of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs), which could become widely available in the United States in five to 10 years if government takes a few smart steps to help spur their commercialization.
The cheese-eating surrender monkeys are now complaining that climate change, having worsened recurring drought over the last five years, is
That’s the bottom line in a
In the best case, we immediately start changing how we use energy in order to preserve the health and well-being–the security–of the next fifty generations. The nation and the world embrace an aggressive multidecade, government-led effort to use existing and near-term clean-energy technologies.
The Navajo leadership and citizens are torn. The Desert Rock Power Plant will contribute much-needed jobs and infrastructure, but also copious amounts of pollution and greenhouse gases that enhance global warming.
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