Endangered Species Resolution

• Whereas the Earth is God’s Creation, its care entrusted to humankind, and

• Whereas out of Earth’s estimated 8 million species, the amphibians (40%), corals and
  marine mammals (33%) and insects (10%) are in immediate (a few decades) danger of
  extinction, and

• Whereas of forests, particularly tropical forests (home to more than half Earth’s
  terrestrial species) 32% have been lost in the last century and a half due to industry and
  industrial agriculture, 

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Resolved, that the Wyoming Interfaith Network affirm and support all responsible measures for the preservation and flourishing of known endangered and threatened species, in particular, those whose extended natural habitat includes Wyoming.

‘Let the many coastlands be glad!’  (Psalm 97:1  NRSV, ESV)

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Water Quality Resolution

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• Whereas the Earth is God’s Creation, its care entrusted to humankind, and

• Whereas water supplies, in the form of lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and particularly
  underground aquifers are directly impacted by fossil fuels extraction processes, and

• Whereas numbers of fossil-fuel leasing/drilling permits in Wyoming have increased in 2019
  (to 9 April) by approximately 42,500, involving potential degradation of at least 303,000
  acres, half of that permanently; and as experience shows around 50% of lease sales
  are actually developed, multiple human activities requiring clean fresh water
  (especially municipalities, irrigation, fisheries, and recreation – a major Wyoming revenue
  industry – are thereby severely threatened,

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Resolved, that the Wyoming Interfaith Network affirm and support all responsible measures for implementation of highest water quality preservation standards according to the best science available, as well as for long-term water quality restoration throughout the state of Wyoming.

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• Support congregations in greening churches, such as efforts to reduce consumption rates

• Educate congregations to conserve ecological integrity of sacred ground in Wyoming, like the Red Desert and grasslands

• Promote an energy future of nonrenewable and renewable energy sources like photovoltaic, solar, wind, safe nuclear, biomass, geothermal, and hydroelectric to mitigate climate change and diversify Wyoming’s economy

• Educate congregations surrounding the unsustainable rate of population growth and rapid decrease of creation's capacity to feed, clothe, and shelter the current human population (7.5 billion) and the additional 2.5 billion people expected by 2050.

• Advocate for: responsible development; groundwater monitoring and protections; holding developers accountable for pollution; workforce protections; and adequate funding for family planning services in Wyoming