Catholic institutions join amicus brief supporting Clean Power Plan

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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
4.4.2016 12:29 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Citing a moral obligation to care for the natural world and all inhabitants of the earth, 30 Catholic and faith-based institutions filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court in support of the Clean Power Plan.

The brief argues that the Environmental Protection Agency has the duty to protect human health from harmful pollution in ways outlined in the plan, which establishes federal limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

The brief said evidence of the human cause of climate change is "undeniable."

"We face a moral imperative to protect the earth and all its inhabitants from a climate crisis of our own making," the brief said.

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