From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The free download of the Faith Climate Action Week organizer’s kit is now available! Download it here. The resources in this kit will equip you to lead faith-based discussions and action in your faith … Continued
From the Environmental Defense Fund (https://www.edf.org/): We all deserve to live in a healthy, vibrant community. Yet many Americans are at a greater risk from toxic chemicals because of where they live, work, and play. Today, many neighborhoods are located … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is taking steps to improve public health protections from toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by setting a Maximum Contamination Level (MCL) for them in drinking water. Their … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Did you know the United States has set a goal to protect and conserve 30% of its lands and waters by the year 2030. This goal, called “30×30” is important in the midst of the … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): More than 1,100 manatees died last year — most of them starving to death.1 As their main food source — seagrass — disappears, scientists are finding manatees emaciated, too weak to swim or fend for themselves.2 2021 … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): We are pleased to share the Sacred Season Resource Collection! For years, organizers and leaders throughout GreenFaith (and particularly in the global South) have asked for a multi-faith collection of resources on climate and environmental justice. In … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): This week, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report on the state of climate impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. The bottom line is this: things are bad and will continue to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Right now, we have the chance to stop ConocoPhillips from drilling in 7 million acres of the pristine Western Arctic in Alaska.1 Every creek and cranny in this untouched region of the Arctic hosts natural magic: Porcupine … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Acid mine drainage is one of the most visible and costly impacts of coal mining, turning Appalachian waterways rust orange with dangerous pollution, and threatening the health of people and wildlife. Remediation of this pollution requires … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/28/all-hands-deck-now-ipcc-report-spurs-global-demand-rapid-climate-action “System change must happen now,” said one climate leader. “Real emissions reductions, real solutions, must happen now.” JAKE JOHNSON February 28, 2022 Grassroots leaders of the global climate movement said Monday that the latest grave findings issued by the Intergovernmental … Continued