One of the very first posts I made in this blog over a year ago was “Praise the Lord, not Petroleum”.  It discussed the very public and high profile actions a significant number of Evangelical Christian organizations were taking to fight global warming.  Their underlying argument is simple: if the Earth, and all living things are god’s creation, we should not destroy it and them with global warming. 

This position was part of the tipping point in consciousness around global warming that occurred last year.  To have some of the most morally conservative groups in the country take an aggressive stand on global warming helped to change the political dialogue on the subject.  In the short recent history of the environmental movement, most of the ‘green’ advocates have come from the liberal left.  To have a new, committed, and very influential force join in from the right was a new, profound dynamic in the global warming discussion, particularly in the political realm.

One of the foremost evangelical leaders advocating full participation in the effort to slow global warming is Rev. Richard Cizik, the VP for governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals.  Having had a ‘profound conversion’ in 2002 listening to scientists during a retreat, Cizik has been able to generate significant support from his constituency to lobby and work on efforts to slow, and  reverse, global warming.

Last week, leaders of several conservative groups sent the National Association of Evangelicals a letter urging the organization to stop Cizik from speaking …