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Background

What Is Global Warming?

Life on earth is dependent on the greenhouse effect – gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide that retain part of the sun’s heat within the atmosphere, like a car parked with its windows up on a sunny day. Without a natural greenhouse effect, the temperature of the Earth would be too cold to sustain life. But scientists say human activities – especially energy use – leading to the emission of heat-trapping gases are warming our atmosphere and could raise average world temperatures by 3 to 10 degrees by the end of the century.

Why Should People of Faith Care?

Global warming will hurt creation. People of faith know, as Psalm 24 tells us, "the Earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it."

Human beings are called to care for the earth. We do not own it, but are to treasure and nurture it as a sacred trust. If we do not take action to control global warming, we will not be taking good care of God’s creation.
Rev. Pat Watkins
Director
P.O. Box 12516 Richmond, VA 23241
p. 804.643.2474
Advisory Board
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Virginia Interfaith Power and Light (VIPL) is a minstry program of the Virginia Interfaith Center, a 501c3 tax deductible organization located in Richmond, Virginia whose mission is to unite people of faith to build a more just and compassionate Commonwealth. VIPL.org has been established to help create green congregations and healthy lifestyles that heal the earth and care for God's creation. You can Learn, Pray, and Act with us!