Religious Groups Push for Climate Change Legislation

Environmentalism has evolved into the “new” intolerant religion. It controls the media, courts, legislatures, schools, science, politicians and bureaucrats. In short, it has become The State Religion - a theocracy everyone once feared would be Christianity. It’s creed is simple; “All human progress and endeavors are evil. The only acceptable interactions between man and Nature are; Conservation, Preservation, Restoration and Veneration.”

Everyday, across the nation, we all pay for the environmental crusade of the “eco-elite”. When a rancher or farmer is forced to stop or curtail operations for one “environmentally correct “ reason or another we all pay in higher food prices. When a utility company can’t produce power because of concerns about nuclear plants ,or can’t build hydroelectric plants because of a threatened fish or snail, it cost’s us all. When a home builder can’t build homes for a growing nation without spending millions in environmental studies and “fees”, that expense is ultimately borne by the home buyer. Manufacturers of all types products are shackled by huge costs and fees generated by environmental, regulation, litigation and legislation and when you buy your next car, piece of lumber or box of detergent you’ll be paying.

It seems no price is too great for the “Crusaders of Environmental Purity”. That may be true for the Robert Redfords and the Barbara Striesands and other members of the “eco-elite”, but what about the working people laboring under the ever increasing burden of these costs? Try and explain to a family trying to keep food on the table or staggering under medical bills that it was necessary to spend millions of dollars doing studies and building fences and closing roads to protect some weed, insect or salamander!

And, what about the cost in freedom and the human spirit when access to our lakes, streams, rivers and forests is being lost as the result of draconian environmental regulation?

When the eco-elite demand and litigate that roads and campgrounds be closed do we consider that not everyone is a young, healthy member of the Sierra Club, able to hike many miles into the woods to enjoy nature. Isn’t the disenfranchisement of the handicapped, the infirm, disabled veterans, families with young children, the working poor and seniors from the outdoors too high a price to pay?

Is a legacy of closed roads, abandoned campgrounds, fences, outlawed recreational activities, and high fees for what little recreational opportunity remains really what we want to leave future generations?

As with most crusades the environmental movement had well intentioned, perhaps even noble beginnings. But, as they gained power and their dogma became “politically correct” common sense and moderation were replaced by zealotry and intolerance. Now, to say anything against them is blasphemy and political suicide. Think about it, what politician could say even this, “Perhaps the Endangered Species Act and The Clean Water Act need to be moderated in some way.” The environmental lobby would be in the streets and on talk shows. The p.c. media would hold an “inquisition”. The only question would be how to burn the poor devil at the stake in an “environmentally friendly” way.

We must, as a nation, reject the notion that no price in money and personal freedom is too great to pay in order to protect every aspect of nature. We must replace the dogmatic mantras of the eco-elite with a practical, common sense approach that balances the needs of society with environmental respect and concerns. It is my hope that, ultimately, the environmental pendulum will swing back to the middle ground of “environmental consciousness” and away from “environmental correctness”.

Going green has gone too far.

R.L. SCHAEFER of CA 11:06AM November 24, 2009

There never was a Creation or Creator. Scripture-writers were ignorant men who knew nothing about geology, so they said everything began in the same instant. They knew zero about anatomy so they invented a god who made a man from mud. From one of his ribs, they invented Eve. They said God warned her not to have *what amounted to sexual intercourse,) they blamed her for "original sin." There are two versions of creating Adam & Eve. The first said God told Adam not to "eat the apple of knowledge." The term "to know his wife" means to have sex with her. Some Creationists very angrily deny that Original Sin was sexual reproduction, but the message is there in Scripture. Some Creationists deny there is climate change.. the classic ostrich head reflex. Churches, seeking tithers, are very much to blame for creating demands for stuff that causes pollution of many parts of the environment. it's not hard for me to see jammed freeways, built-over fertile land and dirty air, and know that if humanity disappears, the world will be better for it.

aura dawn veirs of CA 6:14PM October 27, 2009

According to an article in Science Daily (April 20, 2009), a survey of the faculty at the State University of New York, which has a very strong environmental science department, the planet’s major environmental problem is overpopulation.. Climate change is second. This echoes the theme of the popular free ebook series “And Gulliver Returns” –In Search of Utopia—(http://andgulliverreturns.info) As one professor at SUNY said “With ten million or even a hundred million people on the planet there would be no warming problem.” It is both the technology and the number of people using it that create so many of our planetary problems.

There is no question that China's one child policy has helped the world and the Chinese economy. Whenever a country attempts to reduce its population it can expect a two or three generation period of problems while deaths reduce to equal births. I hope that China will recognize this fact and keep its own population on the path to reduction--which should begin by 2050. China's actual fertility rate is not 1.0 per woman, but 1.8--the same as Norway's. But that 400 million fewer births since 1980 (equivalent to the population of the U.S. and Mexico) has been a boon for China and the world.

There's more than climate change that is related to overpopulation. There is the lack of fresh water (for over a billion people today), illegal immigration from lands that can't support their population, the use of irreplaceable natural resources, the problems of waste disposal and air and water pollutions, the reduction of arable land per person (now under 1/2 acre per person. But the Catholics, Muslims and Mormons still want more children.

I hope the green churchgoers can convince their brethren of the human made problems we have. Or will God provide?

ProfCurt of CT 3:33AM September 29, 2009

The changes in World climate caused by human involvement is miniscule compared to the natural changes witnessed via ice core samples taken from boyh the North and South Poles!

The conclusion of thousands of knowledgeable scientists resulted in this finding!

"There are no experimental data to support the hypothesis that increases in human hydrocarbon use or in the atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing or can be expected to cause unfavorable changes in global temperatures, weather, or landscape. There is no reason tolimit human production of CO2, CH4, and other minor greenhouse gases as has been proposed".

"We also need not worry about the environmental calamities even if the current natural warming trend cointinues. The Earth has been much warmer during the past 3,000 years without catastrophic effects. Warmer weather extends growing seasons and generally improves the hability of colder regions."

"The United States and other countries need to produce more energy, not less. The most practical, and enviromentally sound methods available are hydrocarbon and nuclear technologies."

The "Panic state" established by World leaders and their sympathetic 'press', has incorrectly biased the public with emotional, rather than realistic information and truths!

Frank Drozdick of MA 9:52PM September 28, 2009