Washington Post: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Address Climate Change
Opinion: We are faith leaders in Maryland. Congress must pass Biden’s American Jobs plan.
by Mike Tidwell and David Shneyer
June 4, 2021
“David Shneyer is the rabbi, serving as director of the Am Kolel community in Montgomery County. Mike Tidwell is the Presbyterian, a youth Sunday school teacher in Takoma Park. As activists, we approach climate change from many angles. But we see it first as a moral issue. As the Rev. William Barber II often says, “Some issues are about right versus left. And some are about right versus wrong.” Climate is the latter…With our prayers and speeches, we’ll ask Congress to immediately pass the biggest U.S. legislation ever proposed to address global warming: President Biden’s American Jobs Plan.
…Our faith traditions teach us that the Earth is a sacred gift and that human communities are only whole when no one is left behind. Unbridled climate change mocks these moral precepts. Congress, with growing support from America’s religious voters, must heed these wise and ancient values and pass the American Jobs Plan.”