Rev. Thwing is a past president of the PA IPL board. He testified at the PA DEP listening session in Pittsburgh on September 21, 2015.
Good evening. My name is William Thwing. I am a Pastor in Johnstown, PA; the father of 4 children, grandfather of 5 and a geneaologist – which means that I can trace my family tree back many generations. My ancestors who worked so hard and sacrificed so much enable the emergence of my generation today, would be appalled if they realized that all their prayers and hopes and efforts could be wiped out within a couple of generations by the chaos of the climate changes detailed in part in the most recent “Pennsylvania Climate Change Assessment”. I fear for my grandchildren and the generations to come, that we, in our shortsighted self-serving generation, will leave them nothing more than an ‘immense pile of filth” as Pope Francis puts it in his Encyclical, Laudato Si. Now is the time to act decisively. Now is the time to make the sacrifices necessary to insure our grandchildren’s survival and the survival of our nation.
I thank the DEP for holding these hearings and giving Pennsylvania citizens an opportunity to envision together a plan to insure our common welfare and survival. I Continue reading DEP hearings: Rev. Bill Thwing, Pittburgh