This op-ed was published in The Chronicle (Centralia) on February 15, 2021 by Tyson Johnston, vice president of the Quinault Indian Nation, and Larry Lestelle, a consulting fisheries biologist to the Quinault Indian Nation who has worked for more than 40 years on salmon management and habitat restoration.
This op-ed by Rev. Nathaniel Mahlberg was published in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin on February 14, 2021.
This Letter to the Editor by Rabbi Seth Goldstein was originally published in The Olympian on Feburary 12, 2021.
Congressman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) released a groundbreaking proposal that seeks to bring people together for the biggest salmon and river restoration project in history. Click to tell your US Representative and Senators that we need their leadership!
This article originally published in the Catholic Sentinel is on the lasting impact of the 2001 "The Columbia River Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Good."
The City of Tacoma took a significant step in improving oversight of fossil fuels in the Tideflats! Responding to widespread community outcry, the city will now require an Environmental Impact Statement for the expansion of the SeaPort Sound bulk oil terminal.
Earth Ministry/WAIPL board member Deirdre Gabbay presents at the 2021 Big Bold Jewish Climate Festival on Shmita, the upcoming Jewish Sabbath year.
The HEAL Act would advance a specific definition of environmental justice and seeks to address health disparities. Listen to this recorded webinar featuring Rabbi Fine of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Sameer Ranade from Front and Centered, and Jessica Zimmerle from Earth Ministry/WAIPL to learn more.
Led by Earth Ministry/WAIPL staff and Rabbi Zari Weiss, this recorded workshop demystifys the process of making your voice heard and provides hands-on training for communicating your values to elected officials.
This recorded workshop featuring Earth Ministry/WAIPL staff and Temple De Hirsch Sinai's Rabbi Avi Fine, presents case studies of successful interfaith collaboration to stop climate-wrecking fossil fuel megaprojects.
Read this reflection by Dakota Case, Puyallup tribal member and Water Warrior, originally published by our friends at Native Daily Network on January 27, 2021.
JoDe Gaudy, member of the Yakama Nation and former chairman of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, and Don Sampson, member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Chief of the Walla Walla Tribe, and former chairman of the Umatilla General Council published this op-ed in the Tri-City Herald on January 25, 2021.
The Washington Department of Ecology has denied Northwest Innovation Works' shorelines permit for the Kalama Methanol plant.
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light is honored to be a partner in the Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest, being held in conjunction with the Tu BiShvat holiday.
WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson submitted an amicus brief to the WA Pollution Control Hearings Board in support of the Puyallup Tribe's and environmental partners' lawsuit against Tacoma LNG.
