Resolution on Climate Change

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has articulated the Jewish responsibility to address global climate change and work towards an environmentally responsible energy policy on a personal, communal, and national level with 15 resolutions since 1991;

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is a founding partner of COEJL (Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life) and is a signatory to the 2012 COEJL Covenant Campaign to reduce our carbon footprint by 14%;

Resolution on Energy and the Environment

WHEREAS many pressing energy and environmental issues facing the Nation and world are overdue for action and should become priorities for the United States Administration and Congress, Canada, and all other countries; and

WHEREAS energy resources are abundant gifts for human well-being from our creator God which we are under the moral obligation not to waste; and

WHEREAS as faithful stewards of Creation we are thus morally compelled to choose safe, clean and sustainable sources of energy which will protect and preserve the world; and

Resolution on Energy and Security

Whereas Jewish tradition has derived from the Torah the principles of bal tashhit, "Do not waste" (Deut. 20:19);

Whereas the situation in the Middle East continues to escalate and our own country has engaged in armed conflict with Iraq, it is critical for the United States to reduce our reliance on imported oil;

Whereas energy independence should be seen as a primary strategy of the War on Terrorism;