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Wisconsin Faith Group: "Moral Obligation" to Fight Global Warming

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Madison, WI - A global warming report released today paints a bleak picture of animal and plant extinction, flooding and disease, but the leader of a Wisconsin interfaith group says he sees reason for hope. Rev. Dave Steffenson with the Wisconsin Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign says Wisconsinites and their state government are getting the message about global warming, and with renewable energy and conservation, there's a lot they can do to make a difference.

"We know what's out of whack, and we know what to do about it. That's not the problem. The problem is our moral will, our moral vision, our faith commitments, and the kind of values that we live by."

The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change surveys the impact of global warming on human health, plant and animal species, sea levels, and weather. Its previous report cited, with 90 percent certainty, that climate change results from human activity. Steffenson believes people of faith can take the lead in the fight against global warming.

"Communities of faith teach that creation is a gift, and that the human role in creation is to care for, to be stewards of the natural order."

Highlights of the IPCC report can be viewed online at www.ipccinfo.com.


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