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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,…
While we know there is much on your minds and hearts these days, many of you have written to Earth Ministry/WAIPL asking about activities for Earth Day. It fills us with joy to know that you are continuing to take…
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.
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,…
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.
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.”
This article discusses the environmental benefits of the 100% Clean Electricity bill, and why a broad coalition of organizations are coming together in support of it.
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…
Read More Faith and human rights groups call for answers to safety risks associated with Tacoma LNG
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…
“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.…
Yesterday, the Oil Spill Prevention Act (SB 6269) passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote. This vote followed a bipartisan Senate vote this past Saturday and now heads to the Governor’s desk. Earth Ministry worked closely on this…
Read More Washington State Legislature Passes Oil Spill Prevention Act
For years, people of faith across Washington have spoken up to stop the nation's largest crude oil-by-rail terminal proposed by Tesoro in Vancouver, WA. We’ve shared that the risks of oil train derailments and spills do not align with our…
Read More Governor Inslee Rejects Massive Oil Shipping Terminal
University Congregational United Church of Christ, an Earth Ministry Greening Congregation, hosted the Seattle leg of the 2017 Totem Pole Journey. The totem pole stopped in Seattle on October 14. University UCC opened its doors to more than 350 people…
For years, people of faith around Washington and across the country have spoken out against the proposal to construct the nation’s largest coal export terminal in Longview, Washington on the Columbia River. We have uplifted shared values of justice, responsibility,…
