Faith Responses to the Clean Power Plan

President Obama's Clean Power Plan sets goals for reducing carbon emissions from power plants on a state-by-state basis, ultimately helping the United States transition to an economy based on clean energy. The Environmental Protection Agency cannot currently enforce the Clean Power Plan due to legal challenges. Religious groups have spoken out and filed amicus briefs in support of the Clean Power Plan.

​National religious organizations and faith leaders have praised the Clean Power Plan:

• National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• Creation Justice Ministries
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Interfaith Power and Light
• Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach
• Leadership Conference of Women Religious
• Evangelical Environmental Network

In the News

• Clean Power Plan Repeal/Replace comments (2018)
  • US Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation
  • Interfaith Power and Light comment and testimony
• Clean Power Plan Repeal statements (2017)
  • Christian Reformed Church
  • US Conference of Catholic Bishops statement
  • Evangelical Environmental Network's statement
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation statement
  • Faith organizations statement and quotes
• 15,000 Catholics including 125 Catholic leaders sign a petition in support of the Clean Power Plan.
• Faith organizations speak out on stay
• Multifaith coalition files amicus brief in support of Clean Power Plan (April 2016)
• Catholic coalition files amicus brief backing Clean Power Plan (April 2016)
• Religious community's statement on the Supreme Court's stay (February 2016)
• Jewish community's response to the Supreme Court's stay (February 2016)
• Faith leaders testify in support of the Clean Power Plan (July 2014)

Numerous groups have have issued statements regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to regulate carbon pollution from existing power plants, including:

• US Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Creation Justice Ministries
• Evangelical Environmental Network
• Maryknoll
• Jewish Council for Public Affairs
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Sojourners
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church
• Catholic Health Association of the United States
• United Church of Christ
• Interfaith Power and Light