Evangelical environmentalism is a movement in the Unite States in which some Evangelicals have embraced the environmental movement. In February 2006, a group of 86 notable U.S. evangelical Christian leaders launched the Evangelical Climate Initiative, a campaign for environmental reform, calling on all Christians to push for federal legislation that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions in an effort to stem global warming. The initiative's organizers intend to lobby federal legislators, hold environmental meetings at churches and colleges, and air television and radio advertisements that link drought, starvation, and hurricanes to global warming. In an effort not to be lumped in with the political left, many Evangelical environmentalists prefer the term "creation care" or "stewardship of creation" instead of environmentalism.