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Title: US evangelicals launch green plan
Source: BBC
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4695320.stm
Published: Feb 9, 2006
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2006-02-09 12:08:15 by Zipporah
Keywords: evangelicals, launch, green
Views: 150
Comments: 8

US evangelicals launch green plan

Reverend Jim Ball on a What Would Jesus Drive? tour (picture courtesy Evangelical Environmental Network)


A group of influential US evangelicals has launched a campaign to persuade Americans that being a good Christian also means tackling climate change.

The 86 leaders are running prominent adverts in newspapers and on TV urging Christians and the US government to do more to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Scientists say CO2 emissions are one of the main causes of global warming.

Evangelicals have been staunch Bush supporters but this push puts them at odds with presidential policy.

Presidential catalyst?

The president opposes the Kyoto protocol on climate change on the grounds that it would harm the economy and does not require developing countries to make cuts.

But the signatories say many Christians support their campaign and would be willing to back it even if there were an economic cost for the US.

With God's help global warming can be stopped for our kids, our world and our Lord

Evangelical campaign advert


The newspaper advertisement - signed by mega-church pastors like Rick Warren, author of the bestseller The Purpose-Driven Life, heads of Christian colleges and missionary organisations - puts saving "God's green earth" on a par with traditional evangelical concerns like abortion and gay marriage.

"With God's help global warming can be stopped for our kids, our world and our Lord," the advert says.

And it calls on Congress to do more to encourage companies to reduce carbon emissions, advocating a market-based approach to curb emissions through a cap-and-trade bill.

The evangelists who have signed up for the campaign do not include all of those most closely associated with the White House.

But the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says a vigorous debate among evangelicals would unquestionably be taken into account by President George W Bush and, more importantly perhaps, by those in the Republican party who would like to replace him in 2008.

Resistance within

The religious right has embraced environmental issues in recent years, most notably with a "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign against sports utility vehicles.

A Sports Utility Vehicle at a US gas station
The US accounts for a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions

But the latest move has prompted a backlash from some of the most influential conservative Christians. James Dobson's Focus on the Family called it a "distraction" from abortion and family values.

And Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, a friend of Mr Bush's, says the science on climate change remains inconclusive.

"Among American evangelicals there is no consensus about the causes of global warming, severity of global warming, or the solutions to global warming," he said.

Mr Land was among those who sent a letter to the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) - which claims to represent 30 million Christians - calling on it to distance itself from this campaign.


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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)

No, this is just to give them a warm fuzzy feeling about being "good stewards".

Mr Rumsfeld said the emergence of populist leaders through elections in Latin American was "worrisome".

robin  posted on  2006-02-09   12:15:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: robin (#1)

No one in the eastern to middle part of the US is going to be saying anything about global warming over the next 5 weeks. According to Jeff Masters at Weather Undgerground, that atmospheric shift that brought a brutal winter to parts of Europe, all of Russia/Siberia and Asia is headed for North America. He said there was a particular phase of the earth, shifted negative yeilds cold winters and the positive, warm. While North America was experiencing the extreme end of the warm phase, Russa, the negative. Now they are reversing. Masters indicated Minnesota could see -20 temps for highs at the height of this.

scooter  posted on  2006-02-09   12:26:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: robin (#1)

The newspaper advertisement - signed by mega-church pastors like Rick Warren, author of the bestseller The Purpose-Driven Life, heads of Christian colleges and missionary organisations - puts saving "God's green earth" on a par with traditional evangelical concerns like abortion and gay marriage.

Rick Warren? That's all I need to know. "Worship the Creator, not the creation".

who knows what evil  posted on  2006-02-09   13:15:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: robin (#1)

No, this is just to give them a warm fuzzy feeling about being "good stewards".

What I'm wondering is .. is this some ploy by the RW to keep those in the fold who are concerned about being a global warming etc due to recent scientific findings? Is this just another way to keep their base from bolting?

Zipporah  posted on  2006-02-09   13:28:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: who knows what evil (#3)

Rick Warren? That's all I need to know. "Worship the Creator, not the creation".

I dont know anything about him.. so?

Zipporah  posted on  2006-02-09   13:28:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Zipporah (#5)

I dont know anything about him.. so?

I believe Warren is a fraud, a la Benny Hinn and the Crouches...simple as that. I want nothing to do with him, or any movement he gets involved with.

who knows what evil  posted on  2006-02-09   14:08:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: who knows what evil (#6)

I believe Warren is a fraud, a la Benny Hinn and the Crouches..

Oh good lord.. nuff said!

Zipporah  posted on  2006-02-09   14:12:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Zipporah, who knows what evil (#7)

This may not be relevant but the old anti-Vietnam war protestors appeared to have been "guided" into the first green movement.

At the time, I remember someone saying it was orchestrated. I don't know, but I think the idea is to refocus groups away from the more important political agenda/events/decisions. Like giving children tasks that keeps them out mom's way.

Mr Rumsfeld said the emergence of populist leaders through elections in Latin American was "worrisome".

robin  posted on  2006-02-09   14:33:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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