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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!

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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US State Dept Hears Testimony on Keystone XL Pipeline – Kansas Public Radio

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 [...]

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Pipeline hearing draws energy rivals – Topeka Capital-Journal

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 [...]

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AP article: State Dept. hears from Kan., Texas on oil pipeline

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 [...]

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