Mainline Protestant Perspectives on Climate and Air
American Baptist Resolution on Clean Air cont.
American Baptist Church, 1990

• urge all American Baptists to advocate for the principles set forth in this resolution

* The Harris Poll. April 19-23, 1989. Published in The Polling Report, June 19, 1989.
Also see Opinion Research Corporation, May 12-14, 1989.

Read the complete statement in the Environmental Anthology of Denominational Policy.

Clean Air Principles
Church of the Brethren, 2000

Given the present condition of the earth's atmosphere, and with the upcoming reauthorization of the Clean Air Act, this is a timely moment to reissue a call for measures to insure clean air for all. The following Clean Air Principles offer us an opportunity to join with concerned citizens and organizations all across the country in making this call. In affirming these principles, the Church of the Brethren General Board is stating to coalition partners and to the national legislators that clean air for all is a God-given right, and that appropriate measures must be taken to preserve this right for all God's creation.

Clean Air Principles

Principle 1. Breathing clean air is a basic right and necessity for all life. We must clean up and prevent air pollution, which threatens the health of our families.
Principle 2. We have a responsibility to future generations to protect our natural environment from the harmful effects of air pollution and leave a legacy of clean air.
Principle 3. There is no inherent right to pollute.
Principle 4. We have a right to, know whether the air we breathe is clean and free of toxic pollution.
Principle 5. We must seek interstate and international cooperation to ensure that we continue to make progress in cleaning our air.
Principle 6. We must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and toxic chemicals to ensure the long-term health of our communities, our ecosystems, and the global climate which sustains all life.

Read the complete statement in the Environmental Anthology of Denominational Policy.