Evangelical November, 2016

Environmental
network

EEN Mission and goals
For more than 20 years, the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) has educated
Christians on a biblical approach to creation-care and climate action. Over 2.3 million
conservative pro-life Christians during the past five years have been organized by EEN to tell
policymakers to reduce pollution and shift to clean energy.
Evangelicals are the largest segment of political conservatives, with over 80% voting
for Mr. Trump in 2016. More broadly, our prolife message resonates with 45% of all
voters (evangelicals, 26%, Catholics, 19%). With EEN, these voters dont have to
choose between being pro-life and pro-environment. We provide a way to be both,
such as our Pro-Life Clean Energy Campaign.

WHAT WE DO Untapped potential

Activate
Unreachable Conservatives:
Our message can activate
conservatives not reachable by
traditional environmental groups.
Methane
In our 2015 campaign to support
the EPAs new-source methane
standard we surpassed the
number of comments collected
by any other single organization,
including environmental groups.
EEN has never been fully funded to
implement a major campaign
intentionally designed to grow our
grassroots capacity. Our past
grassroots success was an ancillary by-
product of campaigns to achieve
various policy objectives. With proper
funding, our grassroots strength could
be much, much greater. By December
2018, over 4 million pro-life
Christians could be speaking out; over
5 million in 2019.

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 Recent Grassroots Success
Methane
In our 2015 campaign to
support the EPAs new- source
methane standard:
93,000 comments from
pro- life Christians
primarily in four states,
CO, NM, OH, and PA;
Our numbers surpassed
those collected by any
other single organization,
including environmental
groups.
Public Lands
In our 2016 campaign in 12
House Districts to protect
public lands we utilized online
Banner Ads and ads on
Pandora to generate calls into
congressional offices.
About 10,000 unique
individuals clicked to call their
member of Congress The table
below provides results from
some of the Republicans
targeted.
EEN travels throughout the
U.S. educating the evangelical
church
Activating Target-state
"Unreachable" groups success
Our message can activate Three campaigns illustrate our
conservatives not reachable by success in target states.
traditional environmental
Clean Energy:
groups.
In 2016, our Pro-Life Clean
For example, in 2014 in Energy Campaign organized
Florida: nearly 150,000 in 5 states to
ask policymakers to Free our
63,000 pro-life Christians children from pollution across
called on Gov. Scott (R) America with 100% clean
for a climate action plan; electricity from renewable
Over half would have resources by 2030.
been screened out by
environmentalists Here are the state tallies:
because they scored less Ohio: 39,745
than 50 (out of 100) on a North Carolina: 30,374
climate supporter model, Nevada: 8,662
with 15% scoring 10 or Indiana: 19,149
less; Texas: 48,596
Over 85% are active ---------------
voters. Total: 146,562.
Over half of our action takers
would have been screened out by
traditional screening methods.
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Our growing grassroots strength
and our conservative pro-life, pro-
environment message are a
powerful complement to our
extraordinary access to Senators,
Representatives, and their staffs. It
opens doors as we develop
relationships with the Trump
Administration and with Governors
and state-level elected officials of
legislative bodies.

Congress:
Hundreds of meetings with Senate and House Republicans on clean energy
and climate change. All expressed interest in constructive policies, with
some ready to lead.
Successfully defended the Clean Power Plan in the Senate in 2015 by
sharing how many pro-life Christians in their states supported it.
Helped broker the deal for a three- year reauthorization the Land Use
Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Green Climate Fund secured through demonstrating grass- roots support.

More bang for the buck

EEN provides tremendous value. One would be hard pressed to find another
organization that delivers more per dollar.
Connected with over 600,000 at $0.10 a person, and over 20,000 took some
form of action at $3.00 a person to support public lands.
$15,000 generated over 93,000 comments to EPA supporting methane
regulations.
Our pro-life, pro-environment voice has never been more important, our
value never more salient, our victories never more needed.

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 The Evangelical Founded in 1993, the Evangelical Environmental
Environmental Network Network (EEN) is a ministry dedicated to the
care of God's creation. EEN focuses on
24 East Franklin Street equipping the church to integrate creation care
New Freedom, PA 17349 into the life and mission of the church while
Phone: 202.903.0209 standing in the public square for balanced
E-mail: support@creationcare.org policies that ensure the flourishing of humanity
and creation. We are called to be salt and light to a
world in desperate need of the gospel.
The Evangelical Environmental Network is
a nonprofit organization, recognized by the
Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c).

Caring for Creation: The Evangelical Guide to Climate Change

Evangelical environmentalism sounds like the ultimate oxymoron.
The two do not seem to go together at all. In fact, even the words
sound like they are at war with each other. Yet the authors have
pulled together the most important aspects of both to make a cogent
well thought out presentation that should have us all talking. As the
authors point out to the Evangelical world, God has mandated that
we take care of what belongs to Him. The world is not ours to do
with what we want. We are stewards of what belongs to God and He
will hold us accountable for how we have treated His property. If
that is not enough, they go on to point out that in our self- interest
we need to be concerned for our children and grandchildren. What
kind of world are we leaving to them? This then is the appeal to the
broader audience as we think about the world around us. What are
we doing to ourselves and those we love? But they do not focus on
what some might call this sappy moralistic and religious perspective.
They present a clear financially sound argument for why this also is in the best interest of those
who bow at the altar of the all mighty dollar. Those of us in the evangelical camp say this with
derision, but all too often we also find ourselves at this same altar. It is clear that it is possible to
make money and still do good. They are not mutually exclusive. It all begins with us. The authors
main appeal is to the general audience called the American public. The chances of the
government or of the business community getting it right are slim, though not beyond the realm
of possibility. We, though, have the power to effect great change by the way that we act. As a
result, the authors, have outlined specific initiatives that each individual and family can take to
make a difference. It begins with us. Buy the book. Change the world. Create a better future.

by Thomas Law

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