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Why faiths must lead on climate

Exclude from home pageCurated Content  |  September 19, 2025

Read the full story: Religion News Service

The last nine months have been an unmitigated disaster for the climate. The Trump administration has decimated federal policy and programming that was advancing renewable energy, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and reducing carbon pollution.

These actions are both senseless and morally reprehensible. They will create a hotter, poorer, more violent future. And they violate the core teachings of each of our faiths.

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