AP reported this weekend:

The declaration, signed by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention among others and released Monday, shows a growing urgency about climate change even within groups that once dismissed claims of an overheating planet as a liberal ruse. The conservative denomination has 16.3 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the U.S.

Even before Monday’s statement, religious activism on climate change had broadened beyond just liberal-leaning churches. But many of the most conservative Christians, including some Southern Baptist leaders, remained skeptical, and vigorously challenged evangelical environmentalists.

Additional coverage of religion and the environment:

• New York Times story on the declaration
• Column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contending that Baptist clergy won't tackle global warming
  
• The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• "Talk of the Nation" discussion about religious leaders pushing their congregations to energy efficient lifestyles
  
• Polling by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life on how people of various faiths feel about environmental regulation

Go here to see some of the signers of the new declaration. They include leaders from South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida. Arkansas and Kentucky.

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