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Posts Categorized: Climate Change

December 10, 2014

Glacier! by Colleen Earp

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On Sunday we visited Huaytapallana glacier, up around 15,000 feet above sea level in the Andes mountains of Peru. It wasn’t just the altitude that had me short of breath and dizzy though; this was a truly awesome sight.   The glacier itself has very sadly lost a great deal of its mass, and is… Read more »
December 10, 2014

Trip Reflections by Colleen Earp

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The Presbyterian Hunger Program delegation to Peru has been an amazing journey thus far. On Saturday, we stopped in La Oroya, a town badly affected by local mining and smelting projects carried out by international corporations. A local man named Wilmer met with our group to tell us about some of the social, political, and… Read more »
December 5, 2014

Presbyterians Learning in Lima!

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Presbyterian Hunger Program, Joining Hands and Environmental Ministries action-reflection trip to Lima Our trip has begun! Presbyterians from across the USA have come together to journey with our sisters and brothers in our Joining Hands network in Lima, Peru, to learn from them about their realities related to climate change, extractive industries, and root causes… Read more »
December 2, 2014

PCUSA Comment on the Proposed EPA Carbon Regulations

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Yesterday, December 1, was the deadline for the EPA to receive public comments on the clean power proposed rule. Many Presbyterians lifted up their voice in local and national settings, encouraging this rule that will limit carbon emissions from existing power plants.   J. Herbert Nelson of our Office of Public Witness submitted a powerful… Read more »
November 26, 2014

Dec 7 Light for Lima

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You are invited to follow along the PCUSA trip to Lima with our mission partners on this blog and you are also invited to light a candle or join a vigil in your own home community on Sunday Dec 7, as part of a global interfaith effort called “Light for Lima.”   #LightForLima encourages people… Read more »
September 22, 2014

Presbyterians March for Climate Justice

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Christians and other people of faith gathered yesterday on 58th Street and 8th Ave in New York City, to raise a voice of concern for God’s creation as the most vulnerable populations suffer daily from the impact of climate change. Just a few days preceding a special Climate Summit called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at… Read more »
July 29, 2014

White House Report on Cost of Delaying Action on Climate Change

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The White House Council of Environmental Quality has just released a report “The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change.” It reports that delaying policy actions increases mitigation costs and risks economic damage.       
March 19, 2014

Montreat Presbyterian Church Goes to National Climatic Data Center

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Montreat Presbyterian Church Tour and Brown-bag Seminar at National Climatic Data Center Asheville, North Carolina March 21, 2014 “NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation’s treasure of climate and historical weather data and information.” This one sentence does not begin to describe the wealth… Read more »
February 5, 2014

News Spotlight on Youth introducing Overture on Fossil Fuels to Twin Cities presbytery

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Reposting the below article from Presbyterian News Services, by Karen Larson: (For the original source, click here.)   Youth inspire overture calling for fossil fuel divestment Their ‘own futures are at stake,’ high schoolers convince Twin Cities Area Karen Larson, Special to Presbyterian News Service   MINNEAPOLIS Two high school seniors appeared before the Jan. 11… Read more »
January 27, 2014

Preach-In resources available for Feb 14

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Valentine’s Day Preach-In on Climate Change   Over one thousand congregations and 350,000 people of faith are expected to participate in Interfaith Power & Light’s National Preach-In on Climate Change this Valentine’s Day weekend. The theme of the 2014 Preach-In is “Doing our Part”, and congregations all over the country will be doing their part… Read more »

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