US bishops’ conference updates policy paper on climate change
February 17, 2011
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ office of domestic social development has issued an updated policy briefing paper on global climate change.
“Protecting God’s Creation and ‘the least of these’ requires urgent, wise and bold action,” according to the policy statement. “Well-designed climate change policies can both help address climate change and protect the most vulnerable. Most comprehensive policy and legislative approaches to address climate change would generate substantial revenue by putting a price on carbon emissions. The United States bishops insist that a significant portion of these resources be used to minimize the disproportionate burdens felt by those least able to cope with the impacts of climate change and policies to address it.”
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Posted by: filioque -
Feb. 17, 2011 11:57 PM ET USA
I certainly hope the bishops are going to give us an authoritative statement on the correct temperature of the earth, the correct level of activity of the sun, the correct amount of cloud cover, the correct temperature of the oceans. Without their inspired guidance, how will we know how much climate change we should allow? If the bishops are not going to provide this vital information, then I respectfully ask that they attend to their real jobs which have been woefully neglected for 50 years.
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Posted by: unum -
Feb. 17, 2011 8:57 PM ET USA
The bishops continue to pontificate (pun intended) on political issues beyond their expertise and the faithful still wait for moral leadership.
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Posted by: lynnvinc7142 -
Feb. 17, 2011 8:09 PM ET USA
Great! Since we have been saving mucho $$ since we started mitigating CC in 1990, I would suggest people could use part of such savings to help the poor. That would be better than doing a Cain job on CC & its science, & in effect profligately burning one's money in the front yard & ending up in a place a lot hotter than a globally warmed world for all eternity, no less.
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Posted by: -
Feb. 17, 2011 7:09 PM ET USA
Ah, yes. The science of the climate change debate is specifically addressed in both Scripture and Tradition. No? Maybe he bishops should worry about appallingly poor catechesis, and those who speak in the name of the Church in their official positions and yet deny Catholic teachings? Just a thought.
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Posted by: Minnesota Mary -
Feb. 17, 2011 6:43 PM ET USA
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
