Testimony of Catholic Climate Covenant at Public Hearing of Proposed Repeal of CPP
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November 29, 2017
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Today, Catholic Climate Covenant Associate Director, Jose Aguto, provided comments in Charleston, West Virginia at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing, Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.
The leaders of 161 Catholic colleges and universities, religious congregations, national organizations, and health care providers, serving people and communities in every state of the nation, have issued a letter to President Trump and the U.S. Congress in support of climate change science, funding and international policy negotiations.
As leaders of Catholic organizations in the United States, we write with one voice to urge you to reassert U.S. leadership in the global effort to address climate change.
Today, Catholic Climate Covenant expresses profound disappointment with the decision by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to issue a proposed rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP).
On Thursday, September 28, Catholic Climate Covenant announced the national launch of its Catholic Energies (CE) program with a webinar to nearly 300 participants from across the country and around the world.
As victims in south-central United States and southern Asia deal with unprecedented flooding, Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew encourage us to set aside a time to pray today for God’s good gift of Creation.
We, the member organizations of Catholic Climate Covenant, are deeply disappointed by President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and stop all future payments tot he Green Climate Fund.