Well, the Supremes have done it again – no, I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the six persons who seem to think that corporate greed should decide how we will live on God’s earth, pollution and all. The Court held that the EPA doesn’t have the authority to make power plants shift from coal to renewable energy sources. Now we can turn it over to Joe Manchin whose Maserati is paid for by coal barons. The Court limits itself to the technology of the day when a law was first written. So, in their 18th century minds, they should be riding carriages.
Scripture tells us to love our enemies and do good to those who hurt you. But this decision is not just about us—most of us are older and wealthier than most of the people who will be impacted by the climate crisis we now have.
I honestly cannot help but wonder how that six vote majority will feel when their children choke on the effects of coal-fired plants– but, of course, they probably won’t. They’ll live in their little enclaves while the rest of the world goes to hell in a handbasket.
Prayer for the Day
We have only begun to treasure your creation,
So vast and mysterious it is to us;
We want to tame it and reign it in to fit our limited view,
But you call us to broaden our vision,
Let not the silt of our limitations confine our sight.,
But let the flow of the river wash us clean.
In the name of the One who opens the river of knowledge,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
The Court threatens to upend the national government’s ability to safeguard the public health and welfare at the very moment when the United States, and all nations, are facing our greatest environmental challenge of all: climate change.
- Richard Lazarus, Harvard environmental law professor
There is something of a silver lining here. It leaves a pathway for EPA to still set meaningful standards.
- Jody Freedman, Environmental law professor
To you, O Lord, I cry, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
And flames have burned all the trees of the field.
Even the wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up,
And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel 1: 19-20