Climate Deniers Are ‘Driven by Greed and Self-Centered Polit

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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop: Climate Deniers Are ‘Driven by Greed and Self-Centered Political Interests’

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Anastasia Pantsios | March 28, 2015 9:05 am | Comments

Pope Francis has become something of a climate hero, as he’s continued to use his pulpit in the Vatican to decry abuse of the planet. This week in Los Angeles, the leader of another Christian group added her voice to the discussion. [ http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/28/pope-fra ... rds-earth/ ]

Katharine Jefferts Schori, the presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, delivered the keynote address at a church-sponsored forum called Climate Change Crisis. [ http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/ ... r-viewing/ ] The event kicked off 30 Days of Action on climate change in the 2.5 million-member denomination, a branch of the UK-based Anglican Church. During the 30 Days of Action, which runs through Earth Day April 22, the church is inviting members and others to sign up for a daily email to help them “learn, advocate, act, proclaim, eat, play and pray.”

Concern for the climate comes naturally to Jefferts Schori. Prior to being ordained and then elected to head the church in 2006, she earned her undergraduate degree in biology at Stanford, followed by her masters and PhD in oceanography from the University of Oregon and she worked as a marine biologist.

In her keynote speech, she spoke our strongly against what she called the “wanton abuse of the planet.”

“Episcopalians have a prayer that names ‘this fragile earth, our island home’,” she said. “We profess that God has planted us in a garden to care for it and for all its inhabitants, yet we have failed to love what God has given us. We continue to squander the resources of this earth, and we are damaging its ability to nourish the garden’s diverse web of life. Jesus insists that those who will enjoy abundant life are those who care for all neighbors, especially ‘the least of these’—the hungry and thirsty, the imprisoned and sick—and that must include all the species God has nurtured on this planet.”

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