April 14, 2006: Project Energy: Finding Alternative Energy Sources

Many religious leaders say it is time to move toward cleaner forms of energy.

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Project Energy: Finding Alternative Energy Sources
Reporting with David Schechter
April 14, 2006
http://wcco.com/energy/local_story_104092811.html

(WCCO) In every Jewish house of worship, there is one light in the sanctuary that is always on.

"It symbolizes that God is present in this place and that we need to bring God's presence into our everyday lives," said Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, with Temple Israel in Minneapolis.

For Zimmerman's congregation, that small light has come to symbolize a larger "moral concern" about the energy that powers it.

Because America's reliance on coal and oil contributes to global warming, many religious leaders across faiths say it's time to move away from coal and oil and toward cleaner forms of energy.