Situated in the rolling loess landscape of NW Iowa’s Sioux County, the Agriculture Stewardship Center (ASC) is a 200-acre teaching and research farm supporting the educational activities of the Dordt University Agriculture Department. Operating since the early 1980s, the Dordt ASC supports teaching with hands-on opportunities for several emphasis areas in agriculture.

As the election results come into greater focus, one thing is clear: to keep this momentum going, EEN’s mission, and your partnership with us in bringing this work to fruition, is more important than ever. This vital work will require all of us working together–Republican and Democrat, conservative and progressive, young and old, rural and urban, and those across any other line that seeks to divide us. As evangelicals who serve the God who breaks down the dividing walls of hostility and creates in himself one body through the peacemaking and reconciling work of the cross (Ephesians 2:14-16), it’s time to come together for bold and hopeful action to ensure a safe climate and healthy environment where all God’s children and creation can thrive.

On Wednesday, October 16, the Supreme Court denied requests from industry groups and state attorneys general to freeze the EPA’s new safeguards on carbon pollution from power plants. In its order, the court stated that the rule would remain in place as proceedings take place in lower courts. This decision marks the third time this term that the Supreme Court has declined to block new EPA rules on harmful and/or climate warming pollution, including safeguards on methane emissions and air toxics. In response to the court’s decision, EEN President & CEO Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman released the following statement.