Letter: Religious leaders recognizing climate change as a moral issue

During a Feb. 25 commencement speech at BYU-Hawaii, LDS Church leader Elder Dallin H. Oaks said, “Sea coast cities are concerned with the rising level of the ocean, which will bring ocean tides to their doorstep or over their thresholds” and, “Global warming is also affecting agriculture and wildlife.”Other religious leaders are speaking out about climate change. Pope Francis says “climate change is a moral issue.” His encyclical on the environment calls for