by Bee Moorhead | Mar 18, 2019 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Legislative
Austin—A new report by the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Time & Treasure: Faith-Based Response to Hurricane Harvey, finds that faith-based organizations are playing a key role in the ongoing Hurricane Harvey recovery—and that state emergency...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 22, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Sign on to Faith Principles for a “Green New Deal” click here to add your name The introduction of the Green New Deal resolution in the 116th Congress presents a profound moral opportunity. Collectively, we have the chance to respond to the ecological and...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 13, 2018 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Human Rights, TXIPL Website
Today, we took the day off from the COP and went to visit Auschwitz. We all thought it was very important to make that trip while we were in Poland. It was by far the coldest day since we have been here, and we were punked: none of us were dressed as warmly as we had...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 12, 2018 | Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Global Climate Policy, Health
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report calling for policies to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius has been getting the lion’s share of media attention at COP24, but the “SR/15” as it’s affectionately known is not the only...
by Adrian Shelley | Dec 12, 2018 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy
Today, parties of the COP24 had the opportunity to deliver a national statement to declare their thoughts, hopes, and intentions about the climate negotiations being made. Among the statements made, there was a strong affirmation of the Paris Agreement and desire to...
by Anna Floyd | Dec 12, 2018 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy
Today alone, 27 million tons of carbon dioxide will be emitted by the transport sector. Yes, just the transport sector. 95 million barrels of oil will be burned. 500 children will die in transport accidents. These are the figures given by the transport branch of GIZ,...
