Mr. Walter Grazer, Consultant for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment

5 June 2009

Environment the Focus of Visiting Speaker, June 5, 2009

Walter Grazer, a consultant for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, highlighted the role faith communities in America have played in caring for the environment and detailed President Obama’s climate change policies during a three-day visit to the Holy See. Over the course of his visit from June 3-5, Mr. Grazer met with Holy See officials, interviewed with print and radio journalists, and met a variety of lay and religious organizations.

At each stop, he spoke of the environmental work being done by religious communities in the United States, from ‘greening’ buildings, to creating interfaith partnerships centered on environmental protection. He also discussed the challenges of climate change and the new environmental policies being implemented by President Obama.