As clergy and faith leaders representing the Rochester area, we urge our state elected officials to pass the 100% clean energy bill currently making its way through the Minnesota Legislature.We have been assigned the role of God’s stewards on earth. It is our duty to protect this earth for all its inhabitants, and for future generations. So far, we have not lived up to this tremendous responsibility. The 100% bill gives us an opportunity to take things in the right direction.Our job, as faith leaders, is to listen to the hearts of our people. We hear their grief and anxiety over escalating climate impacts — dangerous weather, droughts, famines, species loss, migration, escalating conflicts over resources. We hear their helplessness and cynicism as they imagine continuing down our current path of complacency. And we hear the fear and frustration of our children, teens,…
