By Drew Mikkelsen KING 5 News October 8, 2015 ABERDEEN, Wash. -- Critics lined up to tell state and city officials it's a bad idea to allow crude oil deliveries into Grays Harbor County.All month the state Department of Ecology and the City…
Komo News documented explosive oil trains rolling past CenturyLink Field on game day. By Jeff Burnside Komo News October 1, 2015 SEATTLE -- There were nearly 70,000 fans at CenturyLink Field for the Seahawks game last Sunday, and they will be there again on Monday…
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This comment period has closed. Thanks to faith advocates for speaking up!Draft Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS's) have been released for two proposed oil holding facilities in Grays Harbor County. The report shows that there is no way to mitigate the negative impacts…
In his first ever visit to the United States of America, Pope Francis repeatedly emphasized the need to care for our common home. The Holy Father was welcomed at the White House, to the United Nations, and made history by…
Earth Ministry collaborated with Physicians for Social Responsibility to publish this OpEd by Father Stephen Sundborg, President of Seattle University, and Dr. Howard Frumpkin, Dean of the UW School of Public Health, which combines the message of Pope Francis’ encyclical…
Read More Pope Francis, science and government are reframing climate change
Local NPR interview with Earth Ministry's Jessie Dye speaking about the faith community’s role in protecting the “Thin Green Line” of the Northwest from fossil fuel projects, and the Pope’s encyclical and climate change. It also featured audio of Fr.…
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June 19, 2015 By Louis McGill Published in Northwest Catholic's Local SEATTLE – “Who will bring this message of hope to the world?” Father Jack Walmesley asked the estimated 250 people who gathered June 18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish to…
Read More Seattle Parish Celebrates Release of Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2015 CONTACTS: LeeAnne Beres, Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light, 206.632.2426 Peggy Behnken, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 206.935.0358 x114 (church) ENCYCLICAL CELEBRATION EVENT IN SEATTLE Pope Francis’ letter on caring for creation Pope Francis’ much anticipated encyclical on…
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Earth Ministry's Jessie Dye is quoted in the LA Times about the upcoming Papal encyclical on the environment. She reminds readers that the value of stewardship is not new to Catholic social teaching and that this historic statement will be a…
Read More Pope Francis, in leaked draft letter, calls for curbing global warming
During a recent ceremony, faith leader Rev. Holly Hallman reaffirmed the promise of support and partnership between faith leaders and tribal leaders to protect tribal lands and fishing rights threatened by the planned export of coal from Washington to Asia. Eco-Journey, blog of…
Read More On behalf of the Lummi Nation and Northwest Native Tribes
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship’s partnership with the Lummi Nation in opposition to the proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point has led to a public witness event at UUA’s upcoming General Assembly in June. Unitarian Universalist Association By Elaine McArdle April 20, 2015 Cherry…
This spring, two groups, Lutherans Restoring Creation and the Eco-Reformation Planning Team, are working to promote the passage of creation care-related resolutions at synodical assemblies. They have developed three model resolutions (summarized below), aimed at distinct but related ends.They are…
Read More Three creation care resolutions for spring Lutheran synod assemblies
Harvard Divinity Bulletin Winter/Spring 2015 (Vol. 43, Nos. 1&2) By Tim DeChristopher Recently, there has been a growing discussion of climate change as a moral issue, both in academia and in religious communities. This past fall I spoke at three religion and…
Read More Religious communities: lead, don’t follow on climate justice
Participation from people of faith and other grassroots activists in environmental impact hearings has made a big impact on the progression of proposed coal transport and terminals in Washington. The Fig Tree March 2015 Two Eastern Washington Legislative Conference workshops reported on…
Climate change is a moral challenge threatening the rights of the world’s poorest people and those who deny it are not using God’s gift of knowledge, says presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. March 24, 2015 The Guardian By Suzanne Goldenberg The highest…
Read More Climate denial is immoral, says head of US Episcopal church
