Baptist group gets Inhofe's support
National Baptist group gets Inhofe's support
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By Chris Casteel
Published: May 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Inhofe joined religious leaders from the Southern Baptist General Convention and other groups on Thursday in asking Christians to sign a petition against global warming proposals that they say would hurt the poor.
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Other evangelicals support initiatives
Inhofe has clashed with a top leader of the National Evangelical Association, Richard Cizik, who has advocated for evangelicals to become active on environmental issues.
A group called the Evangelical Climate Initiative supports legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and last week praised Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, for proposing a plan to reduce emissions.
The Evangelical Climate Initiative contends that global warming will hurt the poor, while others contend the remedies would be more harmful since restrictions on emissions would raise the price of energy.
What's next?
The Senate is expected to take up legislation early next month aimed at curbing emissions. Inhofe, the leading skeptic in Congress that human activity is causing climate change, predicted Thursday that the bill would fail.
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