EPA enlists churches, faith community in climate change war

Former President George W. Bush's administration gets the credit for branding the "faith-based initiative," but President Obama's team at the Environmental Protection Agency has taken the idea to a new level, working with faith communities to fight climate change.
"The faith community has been very engaged in climate change discussions for many years, and they have been very active," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said. "Clearly, religious leaders across the board, I think you know about Pope Francis, but others have really been speaking out about the moral obligation of acting on climate," she said.But it's not pie in the sky talk, she added, explaining that the effort begun in January and adopted by dozens of churches and faith institutions is a realistic program to cut methane emissions by curbing food waste.