“The U.S. bishops stand united with the Holy Father in his call to protect creation,” Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami
According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Wenski, who also serves as chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives yesterday urging the politicians to answer Pope Francis’ call to safeguard creation and support implementing a national carbon standard.
The prelate underscored the importance of Pope Francis’ just-released encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si’, in which the Pope calls «on all people to care for God’s creation and our common home for the well-being of current and future generations.”
“Our conference,» the archbishop stressed, «has long spoken out on the importance of prudent action to address the growing impact of global climate change.”
Archbishop Wenski also exhorted the congressmen to oppose legislation and appropriation riders that would reverse efforts to develop a national standard to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants.
He appealed to government leaders to «resist any effort to impair the development of a national carbon standard and instead to support our nation’s ability to address this urgent global challenge confronting the human family.”
In a July 30, 2014 letter, Archbishop Wenski along with Bishop Pates, former Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace expressed support for a national carbon standard to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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On the NET:
Archbishop Wenski’s letter to Congress: www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/letter-to-congress-on-carbon-standards-2015-06-24.cfm
Archbishop Wenski along with Bishop Pates, former Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace also wrote a previous July 30, 2014 letter to the EPA expressing support for a national carbon standard: www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/environmental-justice-program/upload/Comments-to-EPA-from-Archbishop-Wenski-Bishop-Pates-on-carbon-pollution-standards-2014-07-30.pdf
