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Asheville Citizen Times: In The Mountains, Environmentalism Isn’t Partisan
Environmental concern crosses economic, political and religious lines as explored by this Asheville Citizen-Times editorial reflecting on The Climate March and March for Science of 2018.
Read MoreAsheville Faith Congregations Are Going Green
Recently, the Creation Care Alliance and member groups were featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times in an article titled “Asheville Faith Congregations Are Going Green.”
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Candidates Should Care For Our People And Planet
Rabbi Justin Goldstein of Congregation Beth Israel, Reverend Thomas Murphy of the Cathedral of All Souls, and Scott Hardin-Nieri jointly submitted a letter to the Asheville Citizen Times to present a united front ahead of the 2016 presidential election. They…
Read MoreCreation Care Alliance featured on radio WPVM
In May of 2016, the director of CCA, Reverend Scott Hardin-Nieri along with CCA steering committee members Rabbi Justin Goldstein of Congregation Beth Israel and Maureen Linneman from Jubilee! Community Church joined McNair Ezzard in the studio to tell their…
Read MoreKatharine Hayhoe Discusses Faith and Climate Science at First Baptist Church in Asheville
On April 5, 300 people gathered at First Baptist Church in downtown Asheville for a presentation by climate scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe. Katharine was uniquely able to make the clear connection between science and faith on the subject…
Read MoreHeeding Pope Francis on Environment
The Asheville Citizen Times published this editorial piece by Scott Hardin-Nieri reflecting on the importance of the Pope’s address to the U.S. Congress in light of his recently published encyclical on the environment. In the editorial, Scott describes some of…
Read MoreRichard Fireman: “The People Shall Perish . . .”
Longtime member and one of the original founders of the Creation Care Alliance, Richard Fireman, recently wrote this opinion piece published in the Asheville Citizen-Times stressing the economic urgency of responding to the threat of climate change.
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Moving beyond coal – and the rhetoric around it. Guest Columnist Sarah Ogletree and Abbey Ende
Posted on by Scott Hardin-Nieri
CCA Intern, Sarah Ogletree and Asheville High School Student, Abbey Ende wrote a column for the Asheville Citizen-Times regarding coal and hopes for the future. They wrote: “To address the complicated social, environmental, and economic issues of coal in America,…
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