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Comment to EPA: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public comments through Nov. 28 on a proposal to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions that would financially burden families, churches, and businesses. more »
By staff - Nov 18, 2008
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, , National, , Religious Liberty, Science, Environment,
Reason to Celebrate: Nominees Freed Before the Fourth
Parades, picnics, and fireworks will soon mark Independence Day as Americans celebrate 232 years since our nation was birthed through the Declaration of Independence. more »
By Doug Carlson - Jul 1, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Citizenship, , Legislation, Science, Environment,
Global Warming Train Readies for Departure
The global warming debate is now center stage in Washington. After months of preparation by both sides, the debate on a massive bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions in hopes of controlling global temperatures is officially underway in the Senate. more »
By Doug Carlson - Jun 3, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Environment,
Land urges defeat of climate-change bill
Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land is calling for opposition to climate-change legislation before the U.S. Senate.
The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sent an e-mail letter to Southern Baptists and other ERLC constituents June 2 urging them to ask their senators to oppose the Climate Security Act, S. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 3, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment,
Environmentalist or conservationist?
“Greenness” is the cause du jour among people who have the spare time to look for a new cause. Being green risks becoming the monotonous tune that fades into background noise, but not yet. more »
By Gary Ledbetter - May 28, 2008
Topic: Science, Environment,
Evangelicals seek million supporters of ‘We Get It!’ campaign
The theme of this Evangelical campaign on environmental stewardship is simple: We Get It! Helping the media and politicians to “get it,” however, is much more complex, requiring a concerted effort among Christians, who have been muzzled and misrepresented in the global warming debate. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 20, 2008 - (13)
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, , Science, Environment,
McCain global warming speech critiqued
Sen. John McCain’s recent global warming speech assured Americans of one thing, a skeptical scientist says—no major presidential candidate in 2008 will challenge prevailing assumptions. more »
By Tom Strode - May 16, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment,
‘We Get It!’ environmental campaign launches with goal to be biblical, factual
Through a new “We Get It!” campaign, the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity is partnering with other organizations to demonstrate that evangelical Christians support what they describe as a more biblical, fact-based approach to global warming. more »
By Tom Strode - May 16, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, , Science, Environment,
Cap-and-Trade Dangerous Answer to Questionable Climate Change
Schools, businesses, and shopping malls are “going green” in an attempt to cut greenhouse gas emissions and thereby slow or mitigate perceived global warming. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 13, 2008 - (6)
Topic: Science, Environment,
ERLC leaders oppose bill to cap emissions
The leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity is opposed to climate-change legislation the U.S. Senate is expected to consider soon. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 20, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, , Science, Environment,