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 [...]
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 [...]
August 15, 2011 – 10:56 am
By Michael Strand You probably don’t eat much fossil fuel — but without fossil fuel, you probably won’t eat much. By the time all the accounting is done — including natural gas to make fertilizer, fuel for various farm equipment, packaging and shipping, the nation’s food system accounts for about one-fifth of fossil fuel consumption, [...]
January 14, 2011 – 10:50 am
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January 11, 2011 – 12:37 pm
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By Ryan Singleton, DisciplesWorld contributing writer OLATHE, Kan. (06/20/09) — Last month, St. Andrew Christian Church in Olathe, Kan., hosted a “Cool Congregations” workshop to equip people of faith to become more ecologically responsible. The May 3 event attracted 32 participants from 14 congregations, according to Yvonne Huff, an organizer for the St. Andrew Group [...]
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BY THE REV. RICHARD CIZIK Should caring for the environment be a major priority for people of faith? Only a few years ago, I would have blithely answered this question “no.” What changed? I changed. I realized I was violating the biblical commands “to serve and to protect” creation (Genesis 2:15). The Hebrew words to [...]