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Catholic, mainline Protestant, Jewish, Black Church, and multi-faith groups and leaders came together to submit comments opposing the Trump Administration's rollback of federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. More efficient cars and light duty trucks means economic relief for consumers at the pump, cleaner air, and a healthier planet.
In April 2025, faith-based organizations and religious institutions representing millions of Americans from diverse traditions came together to denounce the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) stated intent to undo over two dozen critical, life-saving protections against pollution and severely reduce staffing. The mission of the EPA is "to protect human health and the environment" - these recent actions reflect an abandonment of the EPA mission and the American people that will harm both current and future generations.NRPE Partners with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to Publish a Dark Sky Guide to the CDT12/12/2025
In December 2025, in celebration of the Winter Solstice and the work that we have done throughout the past year to explore, celebrate, and reflect on the value and meaning of dark skies, NRPE and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition published a Dark Sky Guide to the Continental Divide Trail. Dark Skies are not only critical for our ecological, physical, and cultural health and well-being, they hold immense spiritual value as well. We encourage you to download and explore the guide today and the stars tonight!
In November, a total of 13,300 people of faith - including 90 Black Church pastors in Colorado - in addition to 14 faith-based organizations, affirmed the deep spiritual, ecological, and cultural importance of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As this land, which is sacred to the Gwich'in people, faces irreversible harms and destruction from oil and gas drilling and seismic testing, we must speak up. People of faith committed to fulfilling the biblical mandate to steward the earth and honor God's creation, are responding to this moral moment.
In September 2025, over 18,000 people of faith submitted comments to the EPA voicing their opposition to the proposal to rescind the Endangerment Finding. The Endangerment Finding is a landmark 2009 ruling which officially established that greenhouse gas emissions contribute to climate change and thus ought to be regulated under the Clean Air Act as pollution which is harmful to human health and the environment.
We are deeply disheartened by the Senate’s passing of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which reverses critical environmental provisions. This legislation not only fails to honor the dignity of human life and the sanctity of God’s Creation, it denies communities the ability to flourish. By forcing massive lease oil and gas sales on precious lands like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, cutting funding for critical clean energy projects, and eliminating programs that help protect our most vulnerable communities from pollution, H.R.1 disregards the biblical mandates to love our neighbor and to honor, tend, and care for an Earth that belongs to God.
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