Isn't the English Peppered Moth an example of
evolution in action?
This is an example where evolutionists purposely confuse terms in order to gain an advantage. The word "evolution" can be used in many ways. It can be used to refer to any kind of change. Thus, an evolutionist might say, "Evolution means change and since everyone knows changes occur, then everyone is an evolutionist in spite of himself."
In answering this question, we must differentiate between microevolution and macroevolution. Both evolutionists and creationists believe in microevolution. Microevolution is the term given which describes the small changes within a species. Microevolution is what accounts for the various kinds of dogs, the different colors of a moth, or the various skin colors of humans. These changes always occur within a species. They do not produce a new species or a new kind of animal. Creationists posit that God designed such adaptability into the creation allowing for variety and survival.
Where evolutionists and creationists disagree is on macroevolution, the evolving from one species into another. There have never been any observed cases of macroevolution. All of the changes and variety that we see occur within limits. These limits are defined by the genetic code. The genetic code allows for great variety and change within the species, but it never allows change to go beyond the species.

This is where the peppered moth comes in. It is sited in most text books as an example of evolution taking place. The truth is, it is an example of microevolution, but it is not an example of macroevolution. The moth changed within the limits of its species. Whether the white or black variety, it is still a peppered moth. It did not change from one species to another. It just so happens that the pepper moth comes in both black and white varieties. The variety that survives the best is dependent upon the type of environment. Just as people come in different skin colors, the peppered moth comes in different colors. This supposed change in color is not an example of evolution, but of adaptation and differentiation within already established parameters.
Changes like those we find in the peppered moth are not upward, but outward. Evolutionary theory requires some mutations to go 'uphill'--to add new information. No new information is added when a pepper moth "changes" from white to black.

All changes that can be observed do not fit macroevolution, only microevolution. Consider the following thoughts: (con't next page)

The color change that English peppered moths underwent during the 1800s is an example of natural selection at work. Before the Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late 1700s, light-colored English peppered moths that blended with the lichen-covered bark of trees were far more prevalent than dark-colored English peppered moths. However, pollution from the Industrial Revolution killed the lichen on trees, leaving their dark bark exposed, and the contrasting light-colored moths became easy pray for birds. The dark English peppered moths, easily camouflaged on the dark bark, soon became far more common than the lighter varieties.