Evangelical environmentalists push for climate votes as election nears
Young evangelical Christians plan to campaign at religious colleges to get voters to consider climate change. It’s part of a movement to link Christian values with climate action.
When groups of evangelical students canvass for climate votes at their Christian colleges later this month, they’ll have a tagline: “Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Vote for Climate!”
It’s the first such in-person campaigning on campuses that the nonpartisan group Young Evangelicals for Climate Action has organized since it launched in 2012.
The volunteers — members of chapters at six Christian colleges — aim to draw connections between communities affected by the climate crisis and the Christian duty to “love thy neighbor” and help those in need.
The initiative is part of a larger movement driven by the Evangelical Environmental Network, an organization that advocates for faith-based climate action.
Its members are a minority in their community: A 2022 poll from the Pew Research Center found that evangelical Christians were the most likely among U.S. religious groups to express views skeptical of human-caused climate change.
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