Thursday, July 11, 2013

Oh, brother: "200+ evangelical scientists" suggest that CO2 is causing "increasingly disturbed weather" and "All of God's Creation - humans and our environment - is groaning under the weight of our uncontrolled use of fossil fuels"

Twitter / KHayhoe: 200+ evangelical scientists ...
200+ evangelical scientists call on Congress to act on climate change. Full text & signatories: via
Evangelical Scientists Initiative letter with signatures.pdf
All of God's Creation - humans and our environment - is groaning under the weight of our uncontrolled use of fossil fuels, bringing on a warming planet, melting ice, and rising seas...we are beginning to see indications of increasingly disturbed weather. For example, 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded for the contiguous United States, and it will go down as one of the most destructive and disruptive years in U.S. history: wildfires, drought, superstorms, and public health outbreaks. This past year is only one example of the patterns of change we expect to see as the climate warms globally. We're already spending billions in emergency aid for the victims of hurricanes and weather disasters, and these expenses will only increase as the "once in a lifetime" storms become the new normal. The Bible tells us that "love does no harm to its neighbor" (Romans 13:10), yet the way we live now harms our neighbors, both locally and globally....

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