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CLIMATE-CHANGE/USA-RELIGION (FEATURE, PIX):FEATURE-Young evangelicals push to 'build a bigger choir loft' for U.S. climate action

6 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing up in a conservative Christian home and school, Kyle Meyaard-Schaap learned a lot about scripture and its values but “almost nothing about climate change”, he remembers. The U.S. evangelical movement he belongs to has long stood out in public opinion polls both for its backing of conservative Republican politicians and its doubts about climate change, in a nation where views on the issue remain deeply partisan. But in Meyaard-Schaap’s religious community in Michigan, “climate change wasn’t explicitly maligned - it was just ignored”...

Apr 27 2021 In 2019, British supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners launched its ‘Plan Plastic – The Million Pound Challenge’ scheme. In essence, the initiative was intended to use the money from the sale of 5p single-use plastic bags to fund projects aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution. This issue is an increasingly serious one, with an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ending up in our oceans every year. More still find their way into the atmosphere in the form of airborne plastics, the long-term health ramifications of which are still not fully ...

* White evangelical Christians make up a quarter of U.S. voters * Youth members are pressing for climate change policy * Evangelical support for Trump fell in 2020 presidential election By Laurie Goering May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing up in a conservative Christian home and school, Kyle Meyaard-Schaap learned a lot about scripture and its values but "almost nothing about climate change", he remembers. The U.S. evangelical movement he belongs to has long stood out in public opinion polls both for its backing of conservative Republican politicians and its doubts about climate cha...

Faith Leaders Highlight How the American Jobs Plan Invests in U.S. Communities May 7, 2021, 9:00 am “When we create jobs that pay living wages, lay the foundation for healthy communities, and invest in our public resources with an eye toward equity and justice for all, we are treating our neighbors with dignity.” — the Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life Action, on the American Jobs Plan Faith leaders, through their connections with their communities and congregations, know firsthand that for the United States to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers cannot si...