Right now, Congress is negotiating a once-in-a-generation infrastructure and budget reconciliation package that will determine whether our country transitions to a clean energy economy in time to avoid catastrophic climate change. Currently, about $1 trillion of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill addresses climate change. It is imperative that those provisions to advance clean energy, clean transportation, […]
Eco-Justice Youth Leadership Fellow
NICOLAS EASDALE I have a passion for drawing and painting, because I want to be an illustrator and a storyboard writer for Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is notorious for many things, but ever since its creation in 1939 as Timely Comics, Marvel Comics have always used Superhero stories as platforms to speak about political […]
Eco-Justice Youth Leadership Fellow
HANNAH KLEIN I am currently in my last year of undergraduate school at Appalachian State University. My two greatest passions have always been the environment and spirituality, thus I decided to pursue a double degree of Sustainable Development (concentration in Community, Regional, Global Development) and Religious Studies with an emphasis on ancient Hebrew texts. […]
Faith & Climate Resilience Summit & National Day of Action
Faith Communities & Climate Resilience Thursday, August 26, 5:30 p.m. Online Our faith communities are on the frontlines of climate impacts and climate resilience. As climate disasters — wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, and more — accelerate around the world, it is critical that we are preparing and asking our leaders to do the same. Join us to […]
NCIPL Eco-Justice Education & Advocacy Fellow
SUSAN BROOKS After graduating from North Carolina State University and Harvard Law School, I became a public defender in Florida and have continued in the field of public defense at a state agency. My work with poor people, especially those of color, has shown me how societal and policy decisions can and often do […]
#ActNow for Creation Justice!
Faith community members took to the streets of North Carolina in Raleigh and Greensboro in order to walk as an interfaith representation of people who support legislation on Congressional bold, climate justice & jobs. We delivered the Faith Leaders National Letter to Congress endorsed along with 3600 other organizations around the country. This NC Climate […]
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement
NC Interfaith Power & Light (NCIPL) is actively working to become an anti-racist program of the NC Council of Churches. We believe that relationships must be centered in justice and equity within the human family, as well as with all of the natural world. We must strive together toward this sacred goal. We bear this […]
Getting Real About Poverty and the Environment
By Kathy Whitaker Knight So first, let’s get literal with this … environment is synonymous with surroundings, location, atmosphere, situation. Poverty is synonymous with shortage, deficiency, scarcity, and lack. What needs to be understood is that poverty creates its own priorities. Those who would damage the environment are clear about those concepts. That’s why they […]
A Win for the People and Planet: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancelled!
We prayed and we organized. We amplified the voices of directly impacted communities and we met with elected officials and high-level decision-makers. We held press conferences and wrote letters. We widely distributed our Governing Board’s published statement condemning the construction of pipelines such as the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. And It Worked! The announcement of […]
Articles on Racial Justice and Climate Change
****** We believe we cannot address climate change without also addressing racial injustice. To learn more about their intersection and why addressing both is needed read: I’m a Black Climate Expert. Racism Derails Our Efforts to Save the Planet | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | The Washington Post Racism, Police Violence, and the Climate Are […]
