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.
Washington One Step Away from 100% Clean Electricity
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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…
A Native American tribe demands the return of its spiritual relative — an orca
In this article, Earth Ministry's very own Jessie Dye, Senior Campaign Strategist, speaks of our moral obligation to care for creation. "Not one of [the Abrahamic Religions] would say letting a species such as the orca go extinct is good…
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A statement from ELCA presiding bishop addressing our call to care for creation
In honor of the Season of Creation, Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, released a powerful statement on creation care. Bishop Eaton encourages Lutherans nationwide to put faith in action by living out the…
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Faith Groups Hope to Make Carbon Fee a Moral and Spiritual Choice
Earth Ministry/WAIPL and our members have been hard at work supporting Initiative 1631. In this article, Senior Campaign Strategist Jessie Dye talks about how the faith community “can bring a moral and spiritual voice to the policy that speaks of…
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Interfaith Leaders Preach the Truth About Our Planet
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director LeeAnne Beres is featured in this article from the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts. The article profiles interfaith leaders engaged in environmental justice work. In the article, LeeAnne says of Earth Ministry/WAIPL, "We…
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Washington State Legislature Passes Oil Spill Prevention Act
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…
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First-in-Nation Ban on Nonstick “PFAS” Chemicals in Food Packaging Approved By Washington State Legislature
The Healthy Food Packaging Act passed in the Washington State Legislature today. As people of faith, we believe we have a moral obligation to protect our bodies, our communities, and our soil and water from toxic chemicals that make us…
Governor Inslee Rejects Massive Oil Shipping Terminal
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…
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How faith-based groups secured global climate funds
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light is proud to have garnered political support for the Green Climate Fund - and our work is not yet over. “[Faith-based organizations] have been active on climate issues since the mid-90s, yet their support…
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Columbia River Treaty talks offer hope for river, native peoples
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director LeeAnne Beres and former Earth Ministry board member Rev. John Rosenberg coauthored this OpEd in the Seattle Times about the upcoming renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, an intentional treaty between the…
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UCC church in Seattle hosts totem pole blessing
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…
Peoples’ Climate Festival
This past weekend, Earth Ministry's own Jessie Dye spoke at the Peoples' Climate Festival in Richland, WA where she opened the gathering by addressing climate change through a faith perspective. Jessie pointed out that the faith voice is often missing from the…
Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point, Protected for Good
Lummi Nation applauded Commissioner Goldmark and the Department of Natural Resources for honoring the tribe’s request to protect the lands of Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point, by adding 45 acres of aquatic lands to the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve. Lummi was determined…