Evangelicals celebrate SCOTUS allowing critical carbon pollution safeguards to move forward

  • Published on October 20th, 2024

On Wednesday, October 16, the Supreme Court denied requests from industry groups and state attorneys general to freeze the EPA’s new safeguards on carbon pollution from power plants. In its order, the court stated that the rule would remain in place as proceedings take place in lower courts. This decision marks the third time this term that the Supreme Court has declined to block new EPA rules on harmful and/or climate warming pollution, including safeguards on methane emissions and air toxics.

EEN Celebrates SCOTUS Allowing Critical Carbon Pollution Safeguards to Move ForwardBy Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman
Evangelical Environmental Network/Creationcare

In response to the court’s decision, EEN President & CEO Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman released the following statement:

“As Evangelicals committed to defending the sanctity of life, we are grateful for the Supreme Court’s decision allowing critical carbon pollution safeguards to continue to move forward. Carbon pollution from power plants is a top driver of dangerous climate-fueled disasters, like Hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as excruciating extreme heat that baked counties across the country this summer.

Unhealthy air and unnatural disasters threaten American lives and livelihoods. This decision puts the health and safety of vulnerable Americans first as the judicial process plays out. While we prefer market-based solutions, given the persistent inaction and unwillingness by the power sector to voluntarily clean up their act, we welcome these commonsense pollution safeguards and stand committed to seeing them fully implemented to ensure all God’s children have a healthy environment and safe climate to thrive in.”


(Originally appeared at Creationcare, the website of the Evangelical Environmental Network)

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EEN is a biblically based ministry dedicated to the care of God's creation. EEN is made up of both individual members who believe in and support our vital ministry and major evangelical organizations who work with EEN to help equip, educate, disciple, network, and mobilze the church for the care of God's creation. Creation-care means caring for all of God's creation by stopping and preventing activities that are harmful (e.g. air and water pollution, species extinction), and participating in activities that further Christ's reconciliation of all of creation to God. Doing creation-care fills us with the joy that only comes from doing the will of God.