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Protecting God's Creation Encourage dioceses, congregations, and communicants to become active stewards of their water resources. (GC 2003) Recognize that the responsible care of animals falls within the stewardship of creation and work for the protection of animals. (GC 2003) Ask for the implementation of the four resolutions on the environment which were passed by the September 2003 Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting. (GC 2003) Direct OGR to work on public policy ensuring clean water and the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns to make water a priority. (GC 2003) Calls for conservation-based energy legislation consistent with the long-standing belief that we are stewards of God’s creation, responsible for its care and preservation. (EC 02/03) Instruct the Treasurer to vote in favor of all resolutions asking companies to report on how they will promote renewable energy sources. (EC 03/02) Opposes drilling or mining in our nation’s dwindling wild lands and places important to the traditional cultures of indigenous peoples, including oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge that threaten the life and culture of the Gwich’in people. (EC 03/02) Urge the President and Congress to provide financial support and leadership for developing nations to control their emissions of greenhouse gases in order to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. (EC 06/01) Urge the President and Congress to provide funds and leadership in an effort to encourage renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation. (EC 06/01) Resolve that the Treasurer vote in favor of all shareholder resolutions asking companies to issue reports on the effects of their business activities on climate change. (EC 02/01) Oppose environmental racism. (GC 2000) Oppose mountain top removal and valley fill mining and other mining operations that threaten the ecology and low-income communities. (GC 2000) Call on the Church to practice environmentally sound and energy-efficient living. (GC 1997) Encourage Church investors to influence corporations to find alternatives to the manufacture, use, and disposal of hazardous chemicals. (GC 1994) Express vigorous opposition to U.S. use of foreign countries as dumping ground for waste. (GC 1991)