Posted on 04/21/2008 4:30:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Pelosi Statement Celebrating Earth Day
1 hour, 20 minutes ago
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Brendan Daly or Drew Hammill, both of Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616
WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in observance of the 38th annual Earth Day, which will be observed tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22:
Almost four decades ago, a group of visionary Americans energized the environmental movement, and indeed our nation, by dedicating a day to this ideal: we must preserve Gods creation, our planet, for the generations to come.
On this Earth Day, the greatest challenge facing the United States, and indeed our world, is climate change. Its effects already can be seen in severe weather, coastal flooding, deadly heat waves, and spreading infectious diseases.
That is why I made achieving energy independence and reducing global warming flagship issues of the New Direction Congress. We enacted bipartisan legislation that increases the efficiency of appliances and lighting and boosts fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks for the first time in 32 years. This increase in fuel efficiency alone will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to taking 28 million cars off the road in the year 2020 alone. We also established a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to raise the visibility of this crucial issue and are committed to considering carbon cap-and-trade legislation, which is critical to combating the climate crisis.
The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, To minister to the needs of Gods creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us. On this Earth Day, and every day, let us honor the earth and our future generations with a commitment to fight climate change.
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
This is the same, pardon me but, crap that is going on within a small group at our church. It is called “Caring For God’s Creation”. Such an insult.
Figures, I missed it. It’s priceless. Too bad it wasn’t in the movie.
This is interesting, though nothing I didn’t suspect.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7359880.stm
Opening a UN forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples, Mr Morales said that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.
“If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system,” he said.
As a conservative, we live day to day, fighting off the populists, instead of moving forward.
She makes me puke.
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