By Jason Samenow via the Washington Post’s “Capital Weather Gang” blog. For the complete post click here. May 2011 to April 12 ranked as the warmest 12-month stretch over the U.S. since records began in 1895 (NOAA NCDC) As far back as records go (1895), never has the U.S. strung together 12 straight months warmer [...]
March 23, 2012 – 11:01 am
Wichita Eagle, Thursday, March 22, 2012 To read original article click here. There’s an oil rush going on. Everyone seems to agree that the way to address high prices at the gas pump is by rapidly expanding domestic production. Large, new areas of land are opened up for production and exploration, and despite the recent [...]
March 16, 2012 – 11:04 am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing (CRRM) has agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $970,000 and invest more than $4.25 million on new pollution controls and $6.5 million in operating costs to resolve alleged violations of air, [...]
by Jerry Rees Member, Advocacy Committee of Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition Member, Advocacy Committee of Presbyterians for Earth Care Chair, Advocacy Committee of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light Our Call and Our Purpose: People of faith are called to be bold advocates for environmental justice for all God’s people and all God’s Creation. We are called to [...]
February 22, 2012 – 11:30 am
Our friends at Greater Washington (DC) IPL have put together this downloadable Lenten Carbon Fast calendar for 2012, including lots of ways you can put your faith into action to lower your energy use and your impact on the environment. It can be photocopied on two sides and inserted into your church bulletin. May this [...]
January 19, 2012 – 4:59 pm
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 9:30 AM- 12 Noon State Capitol, Topeka It’s been a couple of years since the Clean Energy Days sponsored by environmental groups in Kansas, which Kansas IPL was part of and which brought hundreds of concerned Kansans to the Capitol. There’s a very busy legislative schedule this session and environmental issues [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
