Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced final standards that will modernize oil and gas leasing on public lands. On behalf of the over 33,000 pro-life Christians who spoke out in support of these reforms, along with a majority of western voters, EEN celebrates these common-sense updates that will bring oil and gas leasing into the 21st century and encourage better stewardship of God’s creation.

At the end of March, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at a Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee Meeting (GPAC) in Washington D.C. on behalf of EEN’s partner ministry, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA). EEN and YECA were a part of a group of folks from across the country who were attending the meeting to share testimony related to a proposed PHMSA rule the committee was reviewing. The central message I brought to the committee was that for Christians, methane pollution and pipeline safety are a matter of defending life.

On April 2, 2024, the House Conservative Climate Caucus announced that Representative John Curtis (R-Utah) will be turning over leadership to Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa). Rep. Miller-Meeks will be the second chair of this 85-member caucus. In response, President & CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network The Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman released the following statement.