The following updates were published in Earth Ministry’s print and digital newsletter, Earth Letter.
Goings-On at Earth Ministry Summer 2020
Category: Fracked Gas News
Advocacy WIN: Fossil Free King County
On July 21, 2020 the King County Council voted unanimously to make permanent a 2019 temporary moratorium on all major fossil fuel development in the county.
Earth Ministry/WAIPL Monthly Newsletter 7.07.20
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A Fossil Fuel Free Future
This week started with the joyful news that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (WV, VA, NC) was canceled, a federal judge ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline emptied until a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is completed, and the Keystone XL pipeline was dealt a major blow in a ruling by the Supreme Court. Unfortunately,…
Tacoma Fracked Gas Facility Faces Continued Opposition Despite Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Permit Approval (12/11/19)
In response to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s decision to grant a permit for the Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Tacoma LNG facility, Washington communities and advocates reiterated their continued opposition to the fracked gas project, and expect to file an immediate appeal.
Goings-On at Earth Ministry Fall 2019
Earth Ministry Events & Presentations Earth Ministry’s recent congregational outreach included presentations at or events with First Presbyterian in Port Townsend; St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods Episcopal on Whidbey Island; First Lutheran in Richmond Beach; Bothell United Methodist Church; St. James Cathedral,…
LNG foes protest ‘affront to human rights,’ backers see ‘right direction’ at latest hearing
Earth Ministry's Program and Outreach Director Jessica Zimmerle was quoted in the Tacoma News Tribune coverage of the August 27th hearing on Tacoma LNG.
Washington Communities Applaud Governor Inslee’s Opposition to Fracked Gas Projects
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light, as part of the Power Past Fracked Gas coalition, has been actively fighting against fracked gas within Washington for years. As Executive Director LeeAnne Beres states in this press release, “We are grateful that the Governor acknowledged that this is a matter of conscience. It is morally sound to invest in clean energy over dirty and dangerous fossil fuels such as fracked gas. People of faith will continue to call upon the permitting agencies to follow the Governor’s moral compass.”
Faith and human rights groups call for answers to safety risks associated with Tacoma LNG
Tacoma, Wash.– A broad coalition of organizations representing indigenous communities, people of faith, immigrants’ rights advocates, and communities of color have come together to call attention to the safety risks associated with Puget Sound Energy’s eight million gallon liquefied natural…
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Advocates Respond to Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Tacoma LNG Facility
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director LeeAnne Beres is quoted in this press release. This press release discusses the moral injustice of the Tacoma LNG plant and how advocates are joining together with the Puyallup Tribe to speak…
Stand with the Puyallup Tribe against LNG
“Natural gas,” which in reality is “fracked gas,” is the next big fossil fuel industry threat, with an immediate danger in the form of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant being built adjacent to the Puyallup Tribe’s Reservation in Tacoma.…