Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox:

On behalf of the 900,000 supporters of EEN’s work, our staff, and our Board, I want to thank Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his colleagues, Senators Kirk (R-IL), Ayotte (R-NH), Portman (R-OH), and Collins (R-ME), for the introduction on the Senate floor of a statement affirming that climate change is real and that “human activity contributes to climate change.”

Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox:

“This morning the Senate passed overwhelmingly the Energy Policy Modernization Bill, S. 2012, by a vote of 85 to 12.  Senators Murkowski (R-AK) and Cantwell (D-WA) are to be commended for their excellent bipartisan leadership on this resounding vote.”

Events Held in Abilene and Dallas

Nearly 50,000 pro-life Christians in Texas are calling for Gov. Abbott to create a plan for the state to achieve 100% clean electricity by 2030, as part of the Pro-Life Clean Energy Campaign of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN).

by Rev. Mitch Hescox

We are thankful to Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf for vetoing HB 1327, the fiscal code legislation.  As pro-life Christians, we are deeply concerned for the impacts HB 1327 would have on our children’s health. We have urged the General Assembly to allow this toxic version to fade away and pass a clean fiscal code without amendments.

Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox:

"Today in a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Obama announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to develop regulations for methane pollution from existing oil and gas resources. A White House statement said that the EPA 'will move as expeditiously as possible to complete this task.'

by Alexei Laushkin

Governor Sandoval (R-NV) has a strong record of responsible stewardship and the care for God’s creation, but on the recent PUC decision to cut payments to solar energy home owners, who themselves are generating energy, he has remained silent citing the propriety of influencing an ‘independent’ commission.

A Statement by the Rev. Mitch Hescox

President/CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)

We are grateful that the United States Senate in a bipartisan effort this afternoon defeated Senator Lee’s (R-UT) Amendment 3023 to S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.  This amendment would have severely impacted the Antiquities Act put into law under Teddy Roosevelt and used by sixteen (16) presidents, eight from each party, to protect some of America’s most treasured God given wonders.

A Statement by the Rev. Mitch Hescox

President/CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)

Today the Bureau of Land Management proposed new standards for natural gas waste from flaring, venting, and leaks from production operations on public and Indian lands.  We applaud the BLM’s actions and are thankful this standard will help defend our children from the threats that fugitive methane releases have on our unborn and born children.

A Statement by the Rev. Mitch Hescox

President/CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)

In a major victory for cleaner air and overcoming climate change, the U.S. Court of Appeals today rejected a stay requested by opponents seeking to block implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan (CPP), which will cut dangerous carbon pollution from America’s power plants.  The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is grateful the Court did the right thing; reducing such pollution must move forward without delay.

Today President Obama vetoed a bill that would have killed our best chance in decades to clean up our nation’s waters.  As pro-life Christians, we stand firmly behind the President’s efforts to make our water sources cleaner.