About Us
Interfaith Moral Action on Climate was formed at a meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2011. This meeting was attended by representatives of 30 predominantly religious and interfaith groups, many of which are our current endorsers. We came together as a collaborative initiative of religious leaders, groups and individuals in response to the pressing need for more visible, unified, prophetic action to address the climate crisis.
Highlighting the Moral Imperative
As people of faith and spirituality, we feel compelled by our traditions and collective conscience to take action on this deeply moral challenge. We believe that a moral voice is essential in inspiring action on climate change, since scientific and economic arguments alone have not moved the United States to adequately address this deepening crisis.
Taking Action
Building on its Earth Week 2012 actions in Washington, DC and across the nation to advance the moral call to action on climate change, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate will hold a "Pray-in for the Climate" in front of the White House on January 15, 2013.
We are calling for our elected officials - President Obama and the Congress - to break the silence on climate change by immediately taking necessary actions, such as these:
1. Permanently refuse permits for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, because tar- oil is among the most dangerous of the planet-heating forms of carbon
2. Call a National Summit Conference on the Climate Crisis that includes leaders of business, labor, academia, religious communities, governmental officialdom, science, and other relevant bodies
3. Publicly support and advocate for a carbon fee that will generate hundreds of billions of dollars, with provisions to ensure that working families and the poor are not harmed by higher carbon prices; for an end to subsidies to the coal, oil and gas industries; and for substantial subsidies for research, development, and use of renewable, sustainable and jobs-creating clean energy sources.
We invite and urge you to join us on January 15th at the White House.
We are demanding accountability from our leaders, and in particular from elected officials, on their failure to act decisively to tackle the foremost moral issue of our time — the growing climate crisis, with all of its attendant social, economic, and environmental dimensions and costs to human and other forms of life. We are joining together to urge people of all faiths and spiritual traditions to demand immediate and effective action to address this looming threat to human life and what we variously call God's Creation, Mother Earth, or simply, Earth, our one and only home.
Interfaith Moral Action on Climate was formed at a meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2011. This meeting was attended by representatives of 30 predominantly religious and interfaith groups, many of which are our current endorsers. We came together as a collaborative initiative of religious leaders, groups and individuals in response to the pressing need for more visible, unified, prophetic action to address the climate crisis.
Highlighting the Moral Imperative
As people of faith and spirituality, we feel compelled by our traditions and collective conscience to take action on this deeply moral challenge. We believe that a moral voice is essential in inspiring action on climate change, since scientific and economic arguments alone have not moved the United States to adequately address this deepening crisis.
Taking Action
Building on its Earth Week 2012 actions in Washington, DC and across the nation to advance the moral call to action on climate change, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate will hold a "Pray-in for the Climate" in front of the White House on January 15, 2013.
We are calling for our elected officials - President Obama and the Congress - to break the silence on climate change by immediately taking necessary actions, such as these:
1. Permanently refuse permits for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, because tar- oil is among the most dangerous of the planet-heating forms of carbon
2. Call a National Summit Conference on the Climate Crisis that includes leaders of business, labor, academia, religious communities, governmental officialdom, science, and other relevant bodies
3. Publicly support and advocate for a carbon fee that will generate hundreds of billions of dollars, with provisions to ensure that working families and the poor are not harmed by higher carbon prices; for an end to subsidies to the coal, oil and gas industries; and for substantial subsidies for research, development, and use of renewable, sustainable and jobs-creating clean energy sources.
We invite and urge you to join us on January 15th at the White House.
We are demanding accountability from our leaders, and in particular from elected officials, on their failure to act decisively to tackle the foremost moral issue of our time — the growing climate crisis, with all of its attendant social, economic, and environmental dimensions and costs to human and other forms of life. We are joining together to urge people of all faiths and spiritual traditions to demand immediate and effective action to address this looming threat to human life and what we variously call God's Creation, Mother Earth, or simply, Earth, our one and only home.
