BOSTON - June 17 - Calling global warming "a crime against Creation," religious leaders of many faiths converged on their state capitals last week to ask the six New England governors to implement the Climate Change Action Plan they approved last August.
The plan calls for regional reduction of greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and long-term reductions of 75-85 percent, but it depends entirely upon implementation by individual states.
At the Massachusetts State House June 11, over a hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other worshipers asked Gov. Jane Swift to reduce Massachusetts' greenhouse emissions through conservation, efficiency, and alternative fuels.
"Like Noah, we must build an ark," said Rev. Fred Small of Religious Witness for the Earth, which convened the service. "The sky is dark, the storm has come, and still we pretend it's just a passing shower. Let's stop pretending and start building."
The plan calls for regional reduction of greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and long-term reductions of 75-85 percent, but it depends entirely upon implementation by individual states.
At the Massachusetts State House June 11, over a hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other worshipers asked Gov. Jane Swift to reduce Massachusetts' greenhouse emissions through conservation, efficiency, and alternative fuels.
"Like Noah, we must build an ark," said Rev. Fred Small of Religious Witness for the Earth, which convened the service. "The sky is dark, the storm has come, and still we pretend it's just a passing shower. Let's stop pretending and start building."