In election year, climate faith leaders urge voters to make environment a priority
Politics tamfitronics (RNS) — Only about 4 in 10 American voters say global warming will be “very important” when they vote for president in November, according to the Yale Center for Climate Change Communication. But while polls show voters are concerned with other issues, such as inflation and immigration, the environment continues to be a top concern for voters, especially younger ones, and crosses lines of faith and politics in ways that other issues don’t.“I think young people just want the issues that we care about, like our communities, our economy and jobs and God’s creation, to be taken seriously,” said Tori Goebel, the spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, founded in 2012.Goebel’s organization doesn’t endorse candidates and instead works to provoke more candid discussion on the topic. “We just want young people to...
