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NC Council of Churches Pipeline Position

January 29, 2018 Leave a Comment

Below is the letter Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director of the NC Council of Churches has delivered to Governor Roy Cooper, DEQ Secretary Michael Regan, and NC policy staff. Following is contact information for you to take action. You are invited to share this and please amplify NCCC’s Governing Board Policy Statement opposing fracked gas pipelines. […]

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New Tax Law Will Harm Environment

January 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

The final version of the tax bill, passed in late December, will now open the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling while maintaining a 14% cut in the corporate tax rate. This will allow oil and gas companies to gain an additional $1 billion in profits. In addition, oil and gas companies […]

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Thank you for all your gifts!

December 22, 2017 Leave a Comment

Faithful Friends, BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF YOU who not only understand that climate change is very real… but are also contributing your time, talent, and treasures to help to make a difference! The events of 2017 have made it very clear that our work with faith communities to develop positive, hope-filled responses to our changing […]

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NCIPL Testifies at EPA Hearing on Clean Power Plan

December 7, 2017 Leave a Comment

Last week North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light spoke at the EPA public hearing in Charleston, West Virginia, on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan.  EPA has proposed that the Clean Power Plan is not consistent with the Clean Air Act. The EPA held the public hearing on this critical issue in the heart of coal country. Faith […]

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Help us meet our matching grant!

November 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

As people of faith we have an increasingly important role to play in bringing together diverse voices to speak on behalf of those whose voices are not heard – the most vulnerable in our society, including children and future generations.

Join us by making a tax-deductible donation to NCIPL – every gift made will be matched up to $13,500. Please give today!

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Reject the Tax Plan: Don’t Sacrifice Creation for Big Business

November 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

In order to deliver huge tax breaks to corporations and wealthy individuals, this package would slash tax credits for renewable energy, pull the plug on electric cars, and open the pristine Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

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The environmental crisis is not environmental. It is spiritual.

October 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

Behind all environmental problems that society faces, whatever time period one analyzes, wherever one can go and whatever one can do, there is going to be greed, envy, ambition, selfishness, apathy and those are moral and spiritual issues. Nonetheless, it is usually scientists who are expected to find a solution, but men flaws are not […]

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Don’t let Trump Repeal and Replace our Clean Power Plan

October 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

After failing to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration now has its sights set on our Clean Power Plan. And for this one, they won’t have to go through Congress. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced his intention to “withdraw the so-called Clean Power Plan” — and replace it with a […]

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Praying in Opposition to Fracked Gas Pipelines

September 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline met more opposition last week. This time in the form of a prayer gathering by faith leaders outside the Department of Environmental Quality office. DEQ and the Cooper administration are currently considering a 401 water quality permit application that the pipeline must have before moving ahead with construction later this fall. […]

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Toxic Atlantic Coast Pipeline Advances

July 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

One of the final remaining hurdles for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was cleared Friday after FERC released a positive Environmental Impact Statement. The pipeline, if approved, would originate in the heavily fracked Marcellus Shale in West Virginia. The proposed route runs south through eight N.C. counties – Northampton, Halifax, […]

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