Get Involved: Seeking Climate Justice for All
Advocacy Spotlight: Take Action to Support the Clean Power Plan
In August 2015, the Administration released the Clean Power Plan, the largest scale coordinated effort our nation has ever tried to reduce carbon pollution, state by state. In Paris in December 2015, the U.S. climate negotiators presented U.S. greenhouse gas emission reduction goals that assumed compliance with the Clean Power Plan. In February 2016, the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of the Clean Power Plan, throwing our nation's biggest effort to abate climate change into disarray.
As people of faith living in a democracy, it is important to tell our elected officials what public policies support our values. Creation Justice Ministries released a statement supporting the Clean Power Plan, and we urge people of faith and conscience to encourage their governors and state legislators to support continued pursuit of the goals of the Clean Power Plan. You can take action by using Creation Justice Ministries' letter-writing tool. and get more involved by using the Creation Justice Ministries Clean Power Plan Advocacy Toolkit.
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In August 2015, the Administration released the Clean Power Plan, the largest scale coordinated effort our nation has ever tried to reduce carbon pollution, state by state. In Paris in December 2015, the U.S. climate negotiators presented U.S. greenhouse gas emission reduction goals that assumed compliance with the Clean Power Plan. In February 2016, the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of the Clean Power Plan, throwing our nation's biggest effort to abate climate change into disarray.
As people of faith living in a democracy, it is important to tell our elected officials what public policies support our values. Creation Justice Ministries released a statement supporting the Clean Power Plan, and we urge people of faith and conscience to encourage their governors and state legislators to support continued pursuit of the goals of the Clean Power Plan. You can take action by using Creation Justice Ministries' letter-writing tool. and get more involved by using the Creation Justice Ministries Clean Power Plan Advocacy Toolkit.
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- Faith Principles on Climate Change: Learn the principles many faith communities endorse to protect God's planet and people in any national climate change legislation.
- Read public comments on the Bureau of Land Management Methane Waste Prevention Rule by the co-directors of Lybrook Community Ministries in New Mexico, by faith leaders in Las Vegas, by a leader of the Montana Interfaith Network, by the creation care team of the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod, by Dr. D. Edward Chaney who is pastor of the largest Historically Black Church in Nevada, and by the director of the Colorado Council of Churches.
- Join an event on energy equity in Iowa. Download a flyer.
- In 2016, the Obama Administration is reviewing the federal coal leasing practices on public lands. Learn more.
- Encourage members of your congregation to share their concern about energy ethics with their elected officials. Email us for information on how to plan a Sign-on-letter drive at your church.
- Want to make your House of Worship more energy efficient and lower your congregation's contribution to climate change? Follow steps in the Energy Stewardship Guide for Congregations.
- Take the Energy Star Change a Light Pledge. If you replace a 75 watt incandescent light bulb with a 20 watt compact fluorescent light bulb, over its 10,000 hour lifespan you'll save $49 and the price of buying 13 incandescent light bulbs.
