The 214th General Assembly (2002) approved actions that:

1. Educate Presbyterians through PC(USA) offices and publications about the environmental and health consequences of pollution from outdated coal-fired power plants and the benefits of ensuring that these plants adhere to tighter air pollution limits, and the economic consequences of such actions.

2. Ask all Presbyterians to exercise stewardship by urging government officials to support federal policies and multipollutant legislation that will, in the most cost-efficient way,

• a. enforce current clean air laws by federal and state governments;
• b. resist efforts to abolish or undercut established clean air programs;
  
• c. enact new clean air laws for power plants that will substantially reduce pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, respiratory disease, mercury contamination, and global warming
  
• d. end the "grandfather" loophole that exempts older coal-fired plants; and
  
• e. encourage federal funding of technologies that will facilitate and/or reduce the cost of implementing these recommendations.
  

3. Direct the Stated Clerk to communicate this new policy to power companies that have outdated coal-fired plants that were "grandfathered" under the Clean Air Act.

4. Direct the Washington Office and Environmental Justice Office to incorporate these concerns into their advocacy work in environmental issues.