Climate Change – Page 5 – Interreligious Eco-Justice Network

Eastern CT Couple Active in Banning Fracking Waste…And How You Can Help

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / March 27, 2017

Our corner of Creation, one of the smallest and most densely populated states, is on a path for permanent contamination. Current state law mandates that DEEP submit regulations for review, as early as this summer, regarding fracking waste brought to CT from other states. Thousands of spills have occurred when moving and transferring this waste. Regulations will not keep CT safe. Read more to hear what one CT couple is doing to ban fracking waste.

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Report on Climate Change Conference in NYC

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / January 9, 2017

Last March 31, Father Sam Fuller, a friend, colleague and activist on behalf of God’s creation and all people and board member of IREJN, participated in a one day conference, Opportunities to Raise Public Awareness about Climate Change and the Need for Action, convened by the NYC Bar Association held at their headquarters in downtown Manhattan. Sam was invited to serve on a panel to discuss the implications of the Papal Encyclical, issued in June, 2015. Read more and download the full report.

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Engaging Youth and Young Adults at the Climate Stewardship Summit

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / October 18, 2016

This year, the Climate Stewardship Summit will have a dual focus – engaging youth and young adults on the urgency of climate change, while providing the larger religious community with the tools and education to deepen their commitment to caring for our planet.

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Stand With Standing Rock

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / October 18, 2016

The largest gathering of indigenous nations in modern history have come by the hundreds to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will run close to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, compromising drinking water and disrupting sacred burial sites. Please join us for a protest in New Haven on Thursday, October 20 at 4:30 at Wells Fargo, 205 Church Street, New Haven and stand with Standing Rock!

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Op-Ed by IREJN Board Member Calls for Return to Ingenuity

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / October 13, 2016

Father Sam Fuller, IREJN Board member, calls for the city of Concord and its residents to show some “Yankee ingenuity” to create clean, renewable energy for the city.

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Progress In the Fight Against the Spectra Pipeline

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / August 9, 2016

The efforst to halt the Spectra AIM pipeline were bolstered this week when both New York Senators, Senator Schumer and Senator Gillibrand, called for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to halt construction of the pipeline. Please call CT Senator Murphy and Senator Blumenthal and urge them to join Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.

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What Else Can I Do About Climate Change?: Helping Make the Paris Agreement a Reality

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / March 20, 2016

Patrick Cage, a former intern for the Massachusettes United Church of Christ Conference, attended the Paris Conference this past year. He is currently traveling on a speaking tour, sharing his thoughts on how we can implement the Paris agreement.

Climate Change, Spiritual Reflections

The Papal Encyclical Introduced at the United Nations

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / July 6, 2015

On June 30, over 600 people gathered at the United Nations to hear Cardinal Turkson, the President of the Ponifical Academy of Peace and Justice, present the Pope’s encyclical on the moral call to care for the planet. Read on to hear Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim’s report on the fascinating and inspiring evening in New York City.

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The CT Climate March and the Hartford Earth Festival were AMAZING! (Photos!)

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / June 2, 2015

On May 31, IREJN presented the CT Climate March with our friends at 350CT, the Sierra Club, and the CT Coalition for Environmental Justice. Over 600 people came out to march for climate justice! The March ended at the Hartford Earth Festival, where people listened to great music, ate tasty local food, and got involved with some of the greatest environmental organizations in CT!

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Teaching Children about Climate Change: A Lesson Plan

teresa.eickel@gmail.com / January 21, 2015

Need a lesson plan for the Preach-In on Global Warming? Here is one developed by Terri Eickel, IREJN’s Executive Director. It was hugely successful in October and appropriate for all ages!