How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticism
White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused climate change. Multiple social scientific studies, for example, consistently reveal that this group maintains a significant level of climate skepticism.
Contrary to popular perception, however, this hasn’t always been the case.
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Christian environmental stewardship
In 1967, the idea of environmental protection became an issue for the wider Christian community after historian Lynn White Jr. published “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis.” The article argued that growing environmental degradation was the result of Christian philosophies that encourage society to regard nature as a simple resource for the sole benefit of humanity.
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To answer White’s accusation, Schaeffer took to the lecture circuit to convince audiences of the importance of Christian environmental stewardship. According to this perspective, all of creation needed to be treated with respect and not abused for economic benefit. He argued that humans must value the nonhuman natural world because it was created by and owned by God. Consequently, humans were only caretakers, custodians or stewards of the natural environment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/evangelicals-moved-supporting-environmental-stewardship-131324575.html
Maybe they feel they're hurrying up the rapture by destroying the earth.
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…who was both a self-proclaimed “born-again” Christian and a long-time shill of mining companies. He was the one who promoted the notion that, since Jesus was returning soon, there was no need to preserve the earth – and, in fact, that environmentalism constituted a “pagan” worship of Mother Earth. And, as usual, the Talibornagain fell right in line with what the industrialists and developers wanted.
