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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
October 10, 2011 – 11:10 am
Environmentalists lined up in Topeka today (MON) to tell representatives from the State Department they oppose the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada. Rabbi Moti Rieber, coordinator of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light, joined the orderly procession of speakers today (MON). The religious and environmental group [...]
October 10, 2011 – 11:08 am
By Tim Carpenter Gov. Sam Brownback countered environmentalists’ objections Monday by endorsing completion of a pipeline capable of moving thick crude from western Canada to oil hubs in Texas on the Gulf Coast. A section of TransCanada’s underground pipeline running through Kansas was completed in February, but the U.S. Department of State is conducting public [...]
October 10, 2011 – 11:03 am
(This article appeared in newspapers and websites all over the country, including the Kansas City Star and the Huffington Post) by MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER TOPEKA, Kan. — Environmentalists told officials from the U.S. State Department on Monday they opposed the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, claiming it would move a “dirtier” and “environmentally devastating form [...]