This year’s National Preach-In on Global Warming will be over Valentine’s Day weekend, February 10-12, 2012. Clergy of all religions, lay leaders, and green team members from across the country are invited to participate, and when you sign up to preach, teach, or host an event, we’ll make a variety of support resources available in [...]
Yearly Archives: 2011
IPL in Support of EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
December 16, 2011 – 11:52 am
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 21, 2011 — The EPA has just announced that the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards have been finalized. What follows is the reaction of Interfaith Power & Light’s President, The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham: “This is good news for the religious community across America. The finalization of the Mercury and [...]
Sign Up for the 2012 National Preach-In on Global Warming
December 16, 2011 – 11:33 am
This year’s National Preach-In on Global Warming will be over Valentine’s Day weekend, February 10-12, 2012. Clergy of all religions, lay leaders, and green team members from across the country are invited to participate, and when you sign up to preach, teach, or host an event, we’ll make a variety of support resources available in [...]
5 Things to Know About the Durban Climate Talks
December 1, 2011 – 3:22 pm
The 17th-annual UN climate conference begins this week. What can we expect? By Kate Sheppard / Mother Jones What a difference two years makes. Heading into the 15th Conference of the Parties, the annual United Nations confab on climate change, hopes were high in Copenhagen, Denmark, that world leaders would hash out a new international [...]
Religious Voices Loud and Clear at Keystone XL Protests
December 1, 2011 – 3:19 pm
Concerned Congregations Gather to Decry Oil Pipeline by Catherine Woodiwiss | November 16, 2011 / Center for American Progress A small tinfoil dove on a wooden pole waved above the orange safety jackets, snappy signs, and a mock pipeline carried by thousands of demonstrators encircling the White House on November 6. Meanwhile, a group of [...]
Self-Sustaining Advent Calendar from Earth Ministry
December 1, 2011 – 2:02 pm
The 2011 Self-Sustaining Advent Calendar from Earth Ministry, home of Washington Interfaith Power & Light, is now available! On the calendar, you’ll find one tip for each day that will help decrease stress and increase meaningful celebration this holiday season. Click here to download the calendar as a pdf. Happy holidays!
Help us match our challenge grant!
November 7, 2011 – 10:49 pm
We’re more than halfway there! I’m spending my Monday evening with a dedicated group of board members and volunteers making phone calls on behalf of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light. As you know, we’re trying to raise $10,000 by December 1 to match a challenge grant from our national parent organization. This will allow us [...]
Meeting to launch the Lawrence chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby
November 4, 2011 – 11:33 am
WHAT: A free workshop on creating political will for a livable world. This presentation will also launch the Lawrence chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. WHEN: Wednesday, November 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. WHERE: Delaware Street Commons Meeting House, 1222 Delaware Street, Lawrence. WHO: Mark Reynolds, executive director of Citizens Climate Lobby, will lead [...]
Meeting to organize the KC Metro Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby
November 4, 2011 – 11:25 am
Have you wondered how we can ever begin to make progress to fight climate change and start down the path to a clean, safe, and renewable energy future? This may be the brilliant idea that the left and right can support!! WHAT: A presentation to organize and launch the KC Metro Chapter of Citizens Climate [...]
EPA spars with Kansas over Sunflower coal-fired power plant
November 2, 2011 – 11:12 am
by KAREN DILLON The Kansas City Star The long, epic fight over whether to build a coal-fired power plant in western Kansas has taken yet another strange twist: A federal agency is accusing a state agency of telling tall tales to the highest court in Kansas. The battle over the Sunflower coal-fired power plant currently [...]