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To: combjelly who wrote (272896)	2/8/2006 3:39:04 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576281

Here's (weak and ironic) supporting evidence of evolution ...although "intelligent design" keeps showing up in the way of opposition to the McCain/Lieberman bill, which implies that it will take 10 years to begin to reverse the damage bush has done and start the process of returning things to the way they were when Clinton left office. One such bill, The Climate Stewardship Act, first introduced in 2003 by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), would require that U.S. emissions return to their 2000 level by 2010. Al ======================================================= Evangelicals urge action on global warming By Alan Elsner 2 hours, 20 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 85 evangelical Christian leaders on Wednesday backed legislation opposed by the White House to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, kicking off a campaign to mobilize religious conservatives to combat global warming. ADVERTISEMENT The group which included prominent pastors, Christian college presidents, religious broadcasters and writers, also unveiled a full-page advertisement to run in Thursday's New York Times and a television advertisement they hope to screen across the country. "With God's help, we can stop global warming for our kids, our world and our Lord," the television spot declared. The launch of the campaign represented a possible split in President George W. Bush's political base, in which Christian evangelical voters are heavily represented. However, the names of most of the president's most influential Christian political backers were notably absent from the list of signatories joining the campaign. Possibly the best-known signer was Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life." Specifically, the leaders called on Congress to pass legislation to create a trading system that would encourage companies to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which scientists say is a major cause of global warming. One such bill, The Climate Stewardship Act, first introduced in 2003 by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), would require that U.S. emissions return to their 2000 level by 2010. The United States, with around 5 percent of the world's population, accounts for a quarter of its greenhouse gases and U.S. emissions rose by 2 percentage points in 2004 alone, according to government figures. NON-BINDING VOTE The McCain-Lieberman bill won 43 votes in the 100-seat Senate in 1993 but only 38 votes last year when it came up as an amendment to an energy bill. A majority in the Senate did adopt a non-binding resolution to cap emissions. The issue has not come up for a vote in the House of Representatives. The Bush administration opposes imposing mandatory restrictions and backs voluntary efforts by companies. It has also refused to join international agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to curb greenhouse gases. The Christian leaders said they were impelled by their faith to launch this campaign out of a growing realization that the threat of global warming was real and that the world's poor would suffer the most. "We of the evangelical movement have allowed ourselves to have blind spots," said Duane Litfin, president of Wheaton College in Illinois, explaining why they had been relatively silent on the issue until now. Paul de Vries, president of New York Divinity School, said: "However we treat the world, that's how we are treating Jesus because He is the cosmic glue." The leaders presented the results of a poll they commissioned of 1,000 evangelical Protestants which showed that two thirds were convinced global warming was taking place. Additionally, 63 percent said the United States must start to address the issue immediately and half said the United States must take action even if there was a high economic cost.