Dr. E. Calvin Beisner is the founder and national spokesperson for the Cornwall Alliance. He created the Alliance in 2005 after writing the original Cornwall Declaration after a colloquium in 1999.
The Cornwall Alliance on Climate Change
To get a sense of the Cornwall Alliance perspective on climate change, see their call to action: “A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming.” In it, the Alliance articulates their foundational beliefs, namely that: “Natural causes may account for a large part, perhaps the majority, of the global warming in both the last thirty and the last one hundred fifty years, which together constitute an episode in the natural rising and falling cycles of global average temperature. Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are probably a minor and possibly insignificant contributor to its causes.”
They continue, “Whether or not global warming is largely natural, (1) human efforts to stop it are largely futile; (2) whatever efforts we undertake to stem our small contributions to it would needlessly divert resources from much more beneficial uses; and (3) adaptation strategies for whatever slight warming does occur are much more sensible than costly but futile prevention strategies. Therefore, we believe it is far wiser to promote economic growth, partly through keeping energy inexpensive, than to fight against potential global warming and thus slow economic growth.”
The Cornwall Alliance has published statements and open letters such as the “The Cornwall Stewardship Agenda”in 2008, which describes their beliefs that “mankind has a divinely ordained responsibility to exercise faithful stewardship…environmental policies should harness human creative potential by expanding political and economic freedom, instead of imposing draconian restrictions.” Other Cornwall Alliance material includes, “An Examination of the Scientific, Ethical and Theological Implications of Climate Change Policy”in 2005.
Besides writing numerous documents and statements formally published by the Cornwall Alliance, he also posts on their community blog, “Bridging Humanity and the Environment.” Some of his articles include “The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice,” “Must We Always Have Paris? How Trump Can Spoil Biden’s Climate Dream,” and ““Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden” Commit Two Major Mistakes in Ethics,” to name a few. He also appears in videos on the Cornwall Alliance’s YouTube channel. Some videos in which he appears are “Climate and Energy Policy Under the Democratic Trifecta” and “Battling the Rise of the Climate Monarchy.”
See Also
Dr. Roy W. Spencer
Climate of Denial