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COEJL has earned a reputation among members of Congress, environmental leaders and the press as an effective environmental organization. COEJL has recruited, educated and mobilized an activist Jewish constituency for environmental protection. And COEJL has advocated legislative action to address the effects of pollution on public health, global climate change, and the destruction of wildlife habitat on behalf of 29 national Jewish organizations.
COEJL’s message is unique. Along with partners from other faith communities, we bring a moral and religious message on the environment to the public and decision makers. We cut through the familiar technical arguments to clarify the values at stake in environmental policy. Given the prominent role of religion in American political life, a unified religious voice in favor of environmental protection can have considerable effect on public opinion and policy discussions. As the historic source of Christianity, Judaism has moral authority in the American imagination, providing Jewish leaders an opportunity to make a moral case for environmental protection before the nation at-large. In addition, the Jewish community is very effective at advocacy, having made significant contributions to social causes—far disproportionate to its size—on labor, civil rights, gender equality, and other issues. Jewish communities have the potential to mobilize effectively to advance environmental protection.
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