This Earth Day, the National Center’s Ryan Balis, among others, is criticizing those in the media who falsely claim evangelical Christians support the a left-wing approach on environmental issues.

Balis notes that an interfaith coalition of theologians, economists, environmental scientists and policy experts met in 1999 to create the Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, which chides much of the environmental movement’s alarmism and urges a need for environmental policies based on “reason – including sound theology and sound science.” The Cornwall Declaration has led, in turn, to the creation of an Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship, whose website is a must-visit for anyone interested in the interplay between religious values and environmental protection.

Meanwhile, read more of Ryan’s thoughts on the subject here.