Climate denial is immoral, says head of US Episcopal church

Climate change is a moral challenge threatening the rights of the world's poorest people and those who deny it are not using God's gift of knowledge, says presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

The highest ranking woman in the Anglican communion has said climate denial is a "blind" and immoral position which rejects God's gift of knowledge.

It's hard work when you have a climate denier who will not see the reality of scientific truth.

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