Current Action alerts
Catholic Climate Covenant, in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching, supports the rights of people working in dangerous heat conditions.
This proposed rule would create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in the workplace and clarify employer obligations and take the steps necessary to effectively protect employees from hazardous heat.
You can learn more about this action here and to submit your public comment, please click the button below.
Past Actions and Events
Clean Cars
Thank you for joining the U.S. Catholic community in urging the EPA and Administration to act now by advancing clean car standards and moving our nation to our 100% zero-emission vehicles goal by 2035. Signatures closed on 12/1.
Thank you for signing the Clean Cars Letter! (NOTE: We will be delivering the letter next week.)
COP27 Letter
As Catholics guided by the call to care for our vulnerable neighbors and our common home, we asked the Biden Administration to exercise leadership at the upcoming UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP27) with moral courage and exceptional ambition.
Our U.S. Catholic Letter, co-sponsored by nine Catholic organizations and signed by more than 4,000 U.S. Catholics, was delivered to the Biden Administration on 10/27/2022, urging them to encourage all nations to dramatically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and provide meaningful assistance to the nations and peoples most impacted by climate change.
CO-SPONSORED BY: Catholic Climate Covenant, Sisters of Mercy, Franciscan Action Network, Catholic Health Association, Carmelite NGO, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Ignatian Solidarity Network, Laudato Si’ Movement.
For more information on the Encounter Campaign and general advocacy questions contact: kayla@catholicclimatecovenant.org
