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How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticism

  • Written by Neall Pogue, Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas
How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticismA display questioning humans' role in climate change, at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky.Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused climate change. M...

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