USCCB welcomes congressional initiatives on environment
October 02, 2015
Two committee chairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have welcomed recent congressional initiatives related to environmental legislation.
These initiatives, according to a press release issued by the USCCB on October 1, include
a congressional resolution introduced by Congressman Chris Gibson and several Republican House members promoting environmental stewardship and efforts to address climate change; the American Energy Innovation Act of 2015 unveiled by Senator Maria Cantwell along with many Senate Democrats; as well as bipartisan efforts in the Senate and House, including the Super Pollutants Act of 2015, introduced by Senators Chris Murphy and Susan Collins, and the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act, introduced by Congressmen Matt Cartwright and Robert Dold in the House and Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Hoeven in the Senate.
“We encourage these initiatives because they will stimulate greater dialogue in seeking sustainable solutions that can lead to real and lasting change,” said Bishop Oscar Cantú.
“The U.S. bishops stand united with the Holy Father in his call to protect creation,” said Archbishop Thomas Wenski. “As Pope Francis said, ‘We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.’”
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Posted by: Thomas429 -
Oct. 04, 2015 12:00 AM ET USA
Dear USCCB, You are not scientists. You are men of faith. You also should be students of history. Even a cursory review of historical data would inform anyone that this world's global temperature has fluctuated greatly during even such a short period as what has passed since the birth of our Lord. All of these fluctuations occurred long before man invented the internal combustion engine, the steam engine, or used substantial quantities of fossil fuels. This alone should end the debate.
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Posted by: jrorr19609092 -
Oct. 02, 2015 9:11 PM ET USA
“As Pope Francis said, ‘We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.’” If this is so, then why did he exclude every well known critic of so-called "climate change" (the 3rd name given to these leftest degrowth attempts to control society and governments for the past 35 years) from the Vatican encyclical study forum, while including every closed-minded well-known climate-change believer?
