For the first time ever, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will speak at a gathering of activists, politicians and scientists who deny human activity influences climate change. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will open the 16th International Conference on…
EPA says greenhouse gasses don’t harm environment or health
The once-bipartisan effort to reduce the greenhouse gasses that harm human health, cause heat waves and increase the intensity of storms ended when the Environmental Protection Agency, established by President Nixon in 1970, reversed course and dismissed the science of…
In 2025, US forfeited history of climate science and leadership
The last three years saw the world’s hottest temperatures on record. Storms intensified. Financial losses mounted. Sea levels rose. But President Donald Trump is waging a holy war against “climate ideologies” while making it easier to “Drill, baby, drill.” Trump,…
The theology of climate denial comes to the Pentagon
In his speech to senior military leaders on Sept. 30, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took a well-worn page out of the climate skeptic’s playbook: He framed climate change research, policy and activism as a “religion.” More specifically, he…
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation…
People of faith should lead the way in protecting the planet
World leaders, scientists, activists and many others are gathered in Brazil for the COP30 conference to set international goals and policies to mitigate the danger of unchecked global climate change. As a participant in many of these meetings throughout the…
‘We could all be climate refugees’
Naira Santa Rita, an internally displaced person from Brazil, directed her message to the entire audience: “Anyone of us in this room could be a climate refugee.” In a space shared by people from across the world, these were the…
At COP30, a conversation about spiritual change
Where are we? Where do we want to go? And how will we get there? Those are the three questions asked at a Talanoa dialogue, a structured conversation held in groups as a way to find a way forward at…
Why faiths must lead on climate
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…
Where is the Catholic Church on Climate Change?
When Pope Francis’s first encyclical on the environment was released ten years ago this summer, it made headlines beyond Catholic media. The 184-page document, a call to caring for the environment as a religious and moral duty, was published just…
Climate change doesn’t care about your politics
This week, we celebrated the most wonderful day in the Christian calendar – Easter. Our lives are filled with a time of spiritual renewal of faith and worship of Christ as our Lord and Savior. Add to that the joy…
Earth Day: Trump’s EPA promotes evangelical myth that environmentalism is a false religion
Today’s Earth Day commemoration is the first since the United States officially adopted the falsehood that conservative evangelicals have embraced for decades: That people concerned about the environment and climate change are motivated by anti-Christian religion. Lee Zeldin, President Donald…