Take Action to Help Mitigate Climate Change

A message from The Washington State Catholic Conference:
"Last month, the Vatican released a new encyclical by Pope Francis that centers on the challenge of climate change. The title is Laudato Si' (On Care for Our Common Home). Congress is considering several bills that address ways to mitigate climate change, including grants to non-profits to make energy efficient improvements, limiting carbon pollution from power plants, and aid to developing nations to enable them to adapt to climate change impacts.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ( USCCB) is urging that any legislative action on climate change include provisions that:

• Ease the burden on low-income communities and those who live in poverty;
• Offer relief for workers who may be displaced because of climate change policies; and
• Promote the development and use of alternate renewable and clean-energy resources, including the transfer of such technologies and also technical assistance that may be appropriate and helpful to developing countries in meeting the challenges of climate change.

Click here to send a message to Congress asking them to support bills that mitigate climate change.

The Washington State Catholic Conference (WSCC) is the public policy voice of the Catholic Bishops of Washington State."