Environment - news
Ethanol gaining ground as fuel source
Drive through Alabama and you’re sure to see plenty of trees — shade trees dotting neighborhoods, old oaks beautifying parks, commercial forests lining highways. more »
by: Manda Gibson - Feb 4, 2008 - topic(s): Science, Environment
VIDEO: The Land/Wallis Debate
Dr. Richard Land , president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, squared off this fall in a debate as part of The Washington Briefing 2007: Values Voter Summit. more »
by: staff - Nov 9, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Church and State, Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Social Issues, Science, Environment
Land, Wallis debate faith & policy issues
The evangelical left and right should be able to work together to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, but that does not eliminate the need for efforts to outlaw the procedure, Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land said in a debate at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. more »
by: Tom Strode - Oct 23, 2007 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty, Social Issues, War, Science, Environment, Issues
SBC sharpens global warming stance
Resolutions Committee members were pleased with the overwhelming vote for a resolution on global warming during the June 13 evening session of the SBC annual meeting, even though two sections of the measure were deleted by messengers. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 14, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Science, Environment
Baptist adds caution over global warming
Southern Baptists and other conservative evangelicals support environmental protection but do not believe the Bible provides a “blueprint” for government policies on global warming, members of the U.S. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 11, 2007 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Citizenship, Science, Environment
Coalition to advocate environmental balance
A coalition of evangelical Christians from various fields is preparing public policy recommendations designed not only to foster stewardship of the environment but to promote economic progress. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 8, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, Science, Environment
LIFE DIGEST: ECT’s new statement urges work for ‘culture of life’
The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together recently released a new statement, this time on a subject that has made the two groups allies in American culture during the last three decades. more »
by: Tom Strode - Oct 17, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Science, Environment
Coalition of more than 100 evangelicals presents alternative on global warming
WASHINGTON (BP)—A coalition of more than 110 evangelical Christians from various fields has issued a rebuttal to the arguments of evangelical leaders urging mandates to restrict human-induced global warming, calling instead for environmental policies it believes will more greatly benefit the poor. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 31, 2006 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Social Issues, Science, Environment
Pro-abortion foundation aided evangelical climate effort
WASHINGTON (BP)—A new effort by more than 80 evangelical Christian leaders to combat global warming is being criticized by some pro-life organizations for using funds given by a foundation that regularly supports abortion-rights advocacy. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 1, 2006 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Science, Environment
Group of evangelicals issues global warming stance; several notable names are absent
WASHINGTON (BP)—A coalition of 86 evangelical leaders called Feb. 8 for action on global warming, most significantly the passage of legislation to decrease carbon dioxide emissions. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 9, 2006 - comments: 3 - topic(s): Science, Environment