by Becca Edwards | Oct 20, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP27, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts, Legislative
Scientists continue to sound the alarm that deadly climate change has arrived, and that the impacts will continue to worsen if we as a global community cannot find a way to stop emitting greenhouse gasses by producing and burning fossil fuels. This summer, the hottest...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 4, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP27, Creation Care, Faith Communities, Resources, Texas Climate & Energy
Download The Inflation Reduction Act: Save Money, Save the Planet The passage of the IRA is a boon to climate change mitigation efforts, but we’ll only realize the potential energy savings and climate benefits of the legislation when everyone is adequately...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 9, 2022 | Action Alerts, Climate Justice, COP27, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
The United States has shown that it is serious about meeting its domestic emissions reduction targets with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and other policies that will help supercharge subnational and non-federal climate action. Coming out of COP27, it is...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 17, 2022 | Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy
Special contribution by Reverend Mel Caraway, Texas Interfaith Power & Light Coordinator I’m sure you’ve heard the story about three men who walked into a bar. Oh, wait a minute, this isn’t that story. This is a story about three men who happened to sit...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 17, 2022 | Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
Special contribution by Rev. Susannah Tuttle, Eco-Justice Connection Director, North Carolina Council of Churches The theme of COP 27 is #TogetherForImplementation. Of the many years of global meetings that have taken place since the 2015 Paris Agreement, this...
by Isa Peterson | Nov 15, 2022 | COP27
My second day at COP27 kicked off on a high note with a diligent overview of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) from Secretary Jennifer Granholm of the Department of Energy. On the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Secretary...