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National Interfaith Power and Light president and founder speaks in Lawrence
Lawrence Journal-World – Wednesday, June 5, 2013 by Caitlin Doornbos – Staff Intern Environmental advocates piled in to Ecumenical Campus Ministries on Tuesday night to hear the Rev. Sally Bingham, founder and president of Interfaith Power and Light. The fundraiser benefited the Kansas chapter of the organization, which promotes energy conservation to faith communities statewide [...]
Another Westar Rate Increase?
Westar Energy has filed for a $31 million dollar rate increase, which would make nearly $500 million in rate increases since 2009. What’s worse, Westar intends to shift the cost burden significantly toward residential and small business customers and away from large institutional users, which will actually see their rates go down under this current [...]
Rev. Sally Bingham, National Founder, to Keynote Kansas IPL Annual Event
The Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham, founder and president of national Interfaith Power & Light, will be visiting Lawrence to deliver the keynote address at the Annual Event of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light. The event will take place at Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Drive in Lawrence, on Tuesday, June 4, beginning at 6:30 [...]
Don’t roll back renewable-energy standards
Op-ed by Kansas IPL Director Rabbi Moti Rieber, published on February 12, 2013 in the Wichita Eagle. People of faith are called to be responsible stewards of God’s Creation. That’s why Kansas Interfaith Power and Light is one of a number of business, agricultural, energy, environmental and faith-based groups supporting the most effective state policy [...]
Tips on Energy Use Aid for Houses of Worship – KC Star’s 913 Magazine
The Kansas City Star’s Johnson County supplement, 913, covered Kansas IPL’s energy efficiency matching grant program for KC metro-area congregations. Visit our website for more information. Tips on energy use aid houses of worship by Sara Beane Special to The Star Rabbi Moti Rieber of Overland Park is on a mission to help area churches [...]
Kansas Environmental Forum at K-State sponsored by Kansas IPL and KNRC
Kansas Environmental Forum: Making Connections, Growing the Grassroots Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, 9:00 – 3:30 Fiedler Auditorium, KSU Engineering Complex 17th St. and College Heights Rd., Manhattan, KS Free Registration! Join the Kansas Natural Resource Council, Kansas Interfaith Power & Light, and our partners at a conference celebrating the Kansas environment! Working in the environmental [...]
Action Alert: Sign the petition, Renew the PTC!
The development of clean energy is having a positive impact on the health of our citizens, and the beauty of our state. We have the ability today to generate a large percentage of our energy from renewable sources, helping to avoid climate disruption and protecting God’s Creation. One such policy, the federal Production Tax Credit, [...]
Kansas Interfaith Power & Light Holds First Annual Event
Lawrence — Kansas Interfaith Power & Light (Kansas IPL) held its first annual dinner meeting in Lawrence on Tuesday evening. A capacity crowd at Local Burger Restaurant heard Dr. Karl Brooks, Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region VII, outline the agency’s responsibilities and discuss clean air, clean water and an abundant energy [...]
Report: Frequency of severe storms in Midwest doubled over past 50 years
By Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio: A new report from the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council shows that the frequency of severe storms across the Midwest has doubled over the past 50 years. The report analyzed precipitation data from more than 200 weather stations in eight Midwestern states. It [...]