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Greetings! ,
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward to reduce carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants and oil refineries, which produce nearly 40 percent of the global warming pollution in the United States. Have you joined us in sending a clear message to the EPA in support of their historic carbon pollution safeguards for new power plants?
Comments to the EPA will be accepted until June 25, 2012, so NOW is the time to act. Interfaith Power and Light has set up an easy on-line way to submit your support for these historic pollution safeguards. Please send in your comment of support to the EPA today! Click Here
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Congratulations to Rev. Sally Bingham!
The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham, was honored last week as a winner of the Audubon Society's Rachel Carson Award.
Sally founded Interfaith Power & Light in the belief that voices of the faith community can make THE difference in addressing global warming.
View her acceptance speech here. |
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Find a Farmers Market!
Want to find a Farmers' Market, Farm Market or Roadside Market in Ohio. Ohio Proud has an online SEARCH for markets in your county. Click Here
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Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) Annual Meeting  From April 30th to May 2nd 2012, OH IPL board members Bob Downs and Sr Paula Gonz�lez attended the annual national IPL meeting in Washington. Convened by IPL founder and leader, The Rev Canon Sally Bingham, representatives from 38 state affiliates and the District of Columbia met in the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University under the banner of Growing our Impact. Fed and housed in environmentally friendly confines the delegates compared notes on what worked and did not work in the individual state organizations, formed regional alliances for future campaigns, and heard national spiritual and conservation leaders describe the "state of the environmental union". Highlights of the first two days included a discussion of recent EPA rule-making by the Deputy Administrator, Bob Perciasepe; a talk on climate perspectives by Climate War author Eric Pooley; and a review of current threats and opportunities in coal resourcing by the Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, Mary Anne Hitt. Practical sessions included workshops on current IPL national programs (Cool Harvest, Carbon Covenant, Preach-In & Cool Congregations), "best practices" for state affiliates, fund raising strategies and communications campaigns. Networking among delegates took place throughout the meeting and culminated with an Environmental Resources Expo where IPL members met representatives from over 20 national religious environmental initiatives and green resources to compare programs and explore possible opportunities for cooperative efforts. Day 3 was Lobby Day as delegates converged on Capitol Hill to visit Congressional Offices and express faith-based concern for environmental challenges. Delegates advocated for passage of energy efficiency legislation proposed in Senate Bill S.1000 and House Bill H.R. 4017 and support of EPA rule-making under the Clean Air Act, especially related to mercury and carbon pollution as well as increased average automobile mileage [details of the IPL position at our website: http://www.ohipl.org/]. Paula and Bob visited with staffers of the two Ohio senators. Both offices responded favorably regarding the energy conservation efforts (Senator Portman is a co-sponsor); however, both were non-committal regarding the EPA rulemaking. |
Uplifting and Heartfelt Blog Post! 
Our OhIPL board chair, Dr. Greg Hitzhusen has shared with us an inspirational reflection on the importance of uniting together and acting on our beliefs regarding climate change.
Dr. Hitzhusen writes, "And so I challenge my students, and I challenge my fellow parents, husbands, children, and friends: if we are going to come together to succeed in our unlikely endeavors, to meet the challenges we face in handing down as good a world to our children as what we received from our parents, then we will need to find the inner courage, strength, and will to stand for the things we know are right. To actually live the way we believe we should. To deal with climate change and long-term questions of environmental sustainability, we will not likely suddenly see some single effort, or piece of legislation, or public works project whose struggle to the finish line will suddenly inspire us to stand up and rush together to some end point. For a link to our OhIPL blog and the full article, click . |
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Thank You and Blessings!
Jenny Schwei, OhIPL's Student Intern for Social Media, will be embarking on a new venture as she graduates from Ohio State University with a degree in Parks and Recreation. Jenny has skillfully and enthusiastically kept our E-Newsletter coming to our inboxes each month and our Facebook pages alive with interesting news. During her sophomore year at OSU, Jenny became involved in the Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) ministry. She will be following her commitment this coming year as a full-time worker within the Cru community at OSU. Jenny says, "It has been such a blessing to work with OhIPL this year! I am very excited about my ministry this coming year." Thank you, Jenny, and Godspeed.
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Send us your good news!If you have news, information or resources to share, please drop us a line at ohipl@ohipl.org, or visit our web site at http://www.ohipl.org/. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions!
Sincerely,
Greg Hitzhusen, Board Chair
Ohio Interfaith Power and Light |
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