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How a North Carolina Pastor Uses Faith to Mobilize Climate Action
The Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri in front of the solar panels at the First Christian church in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Photo by Mike Belleme/The Guardian
Hardin-Nieri believes scripture can help religious communities better comprehend the unfolding environmental catastrophes happening around them and do something about it.
Apr 21, 2021
The Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri regularly revisits the story of Noah’s Ark. “People look at that story fondly, because they focus on all the animals that were saved,” the pastor says. But for Hardin-Nieri, Noah’s Ark isn’t a simple story of hope; it is principally a story about human suffering among widespread ecological devastation. “We forget how many people were killed in this apocalyptic world where the environment was ruined,” he