A report from Washington IPL on the second of two EPA hearings. The first hearing was last week in the DC area. This article is crossposted from EarthMinistry.org:
On May 21, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) came to Seattle to receive public comment on their findings that greenhouses gases pose a threat to human health.
Three religious leaders testified at the EPA hearing in the morning — Lutheran Bishop Wm. Chris Boerger (ELCA), Rabbi Zari Weiss (Jewish Climate Challenge), and LeeAnne Beres (Executive Director of Earth Ministry/WAIPL). Climate Solutions Policy Director KC Golden also joined their panel. The testimony was well received by the EPA and they received a long round of applause from the audience. [Read more…]