The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action alert: It’s been more than six months since the beginning of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Even though the well has been capped, communities are still suffering, God’s creatures…
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Mountaintop Removal as an Issue of Faith
Silas House and Jason Howard, two Kentucky authors, have written a new book entitled Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal. The book includes twelve oral histories of Appalachian residents whose lives have been directly affected by mountaintop removal. House and…
Read more »November 2010 Eco-Notes
November 2010 Eco-Notes E-Newsletter from PC(USA) Environmental Ministries. Subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter. Become an Earth Care Congregation Is your church involved in caring for God’s creation? Are you looking for resources to start caring for the earth? Either way,…
Read more »Fair Trade Delegation to Nicaragua
From the Enough for Everyone Blog: Fair Trade Delegation to Nicaragua! January 8-15, 2011 The Presbyterian Hunger Program is leading a delegation to Nicaragua, and you are invited! Participants will experience the benefits of Fair Trade first-hand when they visit…
Read more »Say No to Coal Ash in Your Drinking Water
The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action alert: Families in Eastern Tennessee received an early unwanted Christmas present in 2008. Their homes were filled with coal ash, which contains hazardous pollutants such as lead, mercury, arsenic,…
Read more »Celebrate United Nations Day on October 24
United Nations Day is celebrated each year on October 24 to commemorate the founding of the United Nations on that day in 1945. Visit the PC(USA) Peacemaking Program and Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations blog “Swords into Plowshares” to…
Read more »Public Hearing on Coal Ash
Coal ash at the Cane Run Power Plant in Louisville, KY The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding public hearings and taking public comment on proposed changes to the way that coal ash (the leftover waste when coal is burned)…
Read more »Make Peace with God’s Earth: Collect the Peacemaking Offering and Remember the Gulf Coast
On October 3rd many Presbyterian Churches collect the Peacemaking Offering. Also on October 3, the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program is asking churches around the country to participate in a “Seeking God’s Grace for the Gulf: A Day of…
Read more »Protect Communities from Coal Ash
Ask the EPA to protect communities from coal ash Even after coal is burned in power plants, its waste still affects communities. Coal combustion waste, or coal ash, is what is left over after coal is burned. Coal ash can…
Read more »Make Peace with God’s Earth: Collect the Peacemaking Offering and Remember the Gulf Coast
On October 3rd many Presbyterian Churches collect the Peacemaking Offering. Also on October 3, the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program is asking churches around the country to participate in a “Seeking God’s Grace for the Gulf: A Day of…
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