Join Climate leaders by pledging to take action on these five initiatives:

1. Engage on the climate issue by speaking to other faith leaders about climate change to build awareness and support for climate solutions. 

2. Energize by forming a creation care group in your faith community 

3. Divest/Invest by shifting congregational and personal savings out from fossil fuels and into clean investments. 

4. Vote to make climate one of their top three issues in every election and Contact your elected officials to let them know you care.

5. Educate by staying informed and continue to educate others through all available means.

~Blessed Tomorrow

Creation Justice Ministries welcomes and celebrates the release of the Clean Power Plan. As Christians, we are acutely aware of the threats posed by a changing climate. Already, we have seen rising floodwaters, severe droughts, disrupted access to food, harsh storms, higher rates of asthma, and increased vectorborne diseases. 

Climate change is most harming the vulnerable among us: people living in poverty, older adults, and people living in countries least responsible for contributing to climate change. Our faith communities are on the front lines of providing relief and aid to those who are bearing the unequal burden of climate change. 

Now, with the Clean Power Plan, we have a chance to prevent suffering by limiting a major contributor to climate change: carbon pollution. We urge every state to create a strong and effective state implementation plan that successfully meets carbon reduction targets --- without shifting costs to impoverished communities. In particular, we encourage renewable energy projects to meet state carbon reduction goals and to generate new jobs for working families. The Clean Power Plan allows each state to develop its own state implementation plan to meet a customized carbon reduction target. It elegantly recognizes the diversity of energy landscapes in the United States, giving each state an opportunity to account for the local economy as well as local eco-systems. God's creation is sacred, and we are called to responsibly steward the gifts of creation while protecting our vulnerable neighbors. Adopting the Clean Power Plan in every state will help us live out our faith commitments to stewardship and justice.

Your congregation may already qualify!