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The statement frames environmental protection as a Christian imperative, fulfilling a biblical command to care for God's creation. It urges federal lawmakers to approve mandatory cuts in carbon dioxide emissions, but to do so in a way that doesn't hurt businesses. Among the funders of the initiative, which includes TV and print ads, is the Pew Charitable Charitable Trusts. "There's real momentum here," said the Rev. Jim Ball, head of the Evangelical Environmental Network, a leader of the climate initiative and a group perhaps best known for its clean-air campaign "What Would Jesus Drive?" "The debate is essentially over for us. We are no longer going to be denying the reality of the problem."
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However, Christian leaders with close ties to the Bush administration have expressed skepticism about the initiative through their own group, called the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance. They said in a statement that "the science is not settled on global warming," and argued that most U.S. evangelicals do not back the call for regulating greenhouse emissions.
Among the religious leaders who support the Stewardship Alliance are James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries and the Rev. Richard Land, head of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant group.
The National Association of Evangelicals, which represents more than 50 denominations and millions of Christians, did not endorse the initiative, but former NAE leaders did. The Rev. Ted Haggard, current president of the group, also did not sign on. In January, the Stewardship Alliance had urged the NAE to refrain from taking an official position on the issue. But Haggard said in an interview that he personally supports cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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http://www.nola.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-59/1139609372205650.xml&storylist=nationalThat last little quote reminds me of an Onion headline: "83% Of Americans Favor Increased Use Of Mass Transit By Others" :eyes: