California Interfaith Power & Light
@interfaithpower.bsky.social
Join us in building an interfaith movement for Climate Justice.
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"The air we all breathe is holy. Weakening #CAFEstandards will increase pollution—disproportionately harming children, the elderly & people with asthma— & could contribute to premature deaths. Upholding strong 🚗 emissions standards is a morally responsible decision."
- Susan Stephenson, ED of CIPL
- Susan Stephenson, ED of CIPL
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 AM
"The air we all breathe is holy. Weakening #CAFEstandards will increase pollution—disproportionately harming children, the elderly & people with asthma— & could contribute to premature deaths. Upholding strong 🚗 emissions standards is a morally responsible decision."
- Susan Stephenson, ED of CIPL
- Susan Stephenson, ED of CIPL
People of faith & conscience are standing up for #climatejustice by supporting the #MakePollutersPay Superfund ✊ Angelenos are giving written and in-person comments at the LA Board of Supervisors Meeting to ensure polluters pay their fair share for their climate damages in CA. #MPP #climate #policy
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
People of faith & conscience are standing up for #climatejustice by supporting the #MakePollutersPay Superfund ✊ Angelenos are giving written and in-person comments at the LA Board of Supervisors Meeting to ensure polluters pay their fair share for their climate damages in CA. #MPP #climate #policy
🌟Our next winner is St Peter’s+Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco for the Perseverance Award!💪
As the oldest Episcopal church in CA they've seen the ups & downs of congregational & city life. They’re installing solar, tending a community garden, & cleaning their neighborhood's streets.
As the oldest Episcopal church in CA they've seen the ups & downs of congregational & city life. They’re installing solar, tending a community garden, & cleaning their neighborhood's streets.
October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌟Our next winner is St Peter’s+Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco for the Perseverance Award!💪
As the oldest Episcopal church in CA they've seen the ups & downs of congregational & city life. They’re installing solar, tending a community garden, & cleaning their neighborhood's streets.
As the oldest Episcopal church in CA they've seen the ups & downs of congregational & city life. They’re installing solar, tending a community garden, & cleaning their neighborhood's streets.
🌎✨Nancy Schneider & Peninsula Temple Beth El are this year’s Community Inspiration Award recipients!🎉
☀️Nancy helped her congregation install #solar and now they are upgrading their HVAC system too! Temple Beth El is also active in the CA #MakePollutersPay campaign ✊
☀️Nancy helped her congregation install #solar and now they are upgrading their HVAC system too! Temple Beth El is also active in the CA #MakePollutersPay campaign ✊
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🌎✨Nancy Schneider & Peninsula Temple Beth El are this year’s Community Inspiration Award recipients!🎉
☀️Nancy helped her congregation install #solar and now they are upgrading their HVAC system too! Temple Beth El is also active in the CA #MakePollutersPay campaign ✊
☀️Nancy helped her congregation install #solar and now they are upgrading their HVAC system too! Temple Beth El is also active in the CA #MakePollutersPay campaign ✊
🌟We’re celebrating Debbie Mytels & the Redwood City #UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship – the 2025 Climate Catalyst Award winners! 🎉
Debbie has transformed her congregation into a powerhouse of #ClimateAction – from greening their buildings to nurturing a zero-water-waste garden 🌿
Debbie has transformed her congregation into a powerhouse of #ClimateAction – from greening their buildings to nurturing a zero-water-waste garden 🌿
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🌟We’re celebrating Debbie Mytels & the Redwood City #UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship – the 2025 Climate Catalyst Award winners! 🎉
Debbie has transformed her congregation into a powerhouse of #ClimateAction – from greening their buildings to nurturing a zero-water-waste garden 🌿
Debbie has transformed her congregation into a powerhouse of #ClimateAction – from greening their buildings to nurturing a zero-water-waste garden 🌿
⚡CPA's Energy Team is here to help you make informed decisions regarding #EnergyEfficiency & electrification upgrades. Watch our latest webinar with Clean Power Alliance to learn more! youtu.be/vMNY6Us7okg
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
@cleanpowerinfo.bsky.social
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
@cleanpowerinfo.bsky.social
Building A Brighter, Cleaner Future With Clean Power Alliance
YouTube video by California Interfaith Power & Light
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September 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
⚡CPA's Energy Team is here to help you make informed decisions regarding #EnergyEfficiency & electrification upgrades. Watch our latest webinar with Clean Power Alliance to learn more! youtu.be/vMNY6Us7okg
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
@cleanpowerinfo.bsky.social
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
@cleanpowerinfo.bsky.social
🌎✨The Rev Daniel Tamm & LA Faith & Ecology Network (LAFEN) are the 2025 #ClimateAdvocacy Award recipients! 🎉
📢LAFEN is amplifying the #interfaith voice by advocating for #ClimateJustice in Los Angeles & mobilizing grassroots action for the CA #MakePollutersPay Superfund Act
📢LAFEN is amplifying the #interfaith voice by advocating for #ClimateJustice in Los Angeles & mobilizing grassroots action for the CA #MakePollutersPay Superfund Act
September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🌎✨The Rev Daniel Tamm & LA Faith & Ecology Network (LAFEN) are the 2025 #ClimateAdvocacy Award recipients! 🎉
📢LAFEN is amplifying the #interfaith voice by advocating for #ClimateJustice in Los Angeles & mobilizing grassroots action for the CA #MakePollutersPay Superfund Act
📢LAFEN is amplifying the #interfaith voice by advocating for #ClimateJustice in Los Angeles & mobilizing grassroots action for the CA #MakePollutersPay Superfund Act
"Increasing #FossilFuel use & slowing the transition to #CleanEnergy are just going to make us sicker with pollution & make our environment 'sicker' with floods, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels & more extreme fires."
- Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, CIPL Faith Leader, LA
tinyurl.com/MWF-article
- Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, CIPL Faith Leader, LA
tinyurl.com/MWF-article
Letters to the Editor: We can’t let ‘anti-science’ push back our efforts to rein in climate change
'We should all be peppering our representatives to fight against this anti-science that’s going to harm us and encouraging them to convince their Republican colleagues to listen to the scientists,' wr...
www.latimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Increasing #FossilFuel use & slowing the transition to #CleanEnergy are just going to make us sicker with pollution & make our environment 'sicker' with floods, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels & more extreme fires."
- Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, CIPL Faith Leader, LA
tinyurl.com/MWF-article
- Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, CIPL Faith Leader, LA
tinyurl.com/MWF-article
Gary White & the Congregational Church, San Mateo are the 2025 Power & Light Award recipients!
From installing #solar ☀️ to launching plastic #recycling ♻️ & creating a Solar Ambassador Program, Gary & CCSM are examples of a true climate church—leading with vision, hope & action
From installing #solar ☀️ to launching plastic #recycling ♻️ & creating a Solar Ambassador Program, Gary & CCSM are examples of a true climate church—leading with vision, hope & action
September 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Gary White & the Congregational Church, San Mateo are the 2025 Power & Light Award recipients!
From installing #solar ☀️ to launching plastic #recycling ♻️ & creating a Solar Ambassador Program, Gary & CCSM are examples of a true climate church—leading with vision, hope & action
From installing #solar ☀️ to launching plastic #recycling ♻️ & creating a Solar Ambassador Program, Gary & CCSM are examples of a true climate church—leading with vision, hope & action
Join us TODAY @ 12PM to meet leaders from Clean Power Alliance, the #1 green power provider in the US as designated by U.S. Dept. of Energy ⚡️ #CleanEnergy
Join our Webinar at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our Webinar at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join us TODAY @ 12PM to meet leaders from Clean Power Alliance, the #1 green power provider in the US as designated by U.S. Dept. of Energy ⚡️ #CleanEnergy
Join our Webinar at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our Webinar at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join us in welcoming Donna Lee (she/her) to the CIPL team! 🎉
Donna is the new #TreeEquity Project Manager for Our Sacred Canopy. She's bringing her passion & leadership experience to expand #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateResilience through planting trees in areas that need it most 🌳💞
Donna is the new #TreeEquity Project Manager for Our Sacred Canopy. She's bringing her passion & leadership experience to expand #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateResilience through planting trees in areas that need it most 🌳💞
August 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Please join us in welcoming Donna Lee (she/her) to the CIPL team! 🎉
Donna is the new #TreeEquity Project Manager for Our Sacred Canopy. She's bringing her passion & leadership experience to expand #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateResilience through planting trees in areas that need it most 🌳💞
Donna is the new #TreeEquity Project Manager for Our Sacred Canopy. She's bringing her passion & leadership experience to expand #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateResilience through planting trees in areas that need it most 🌳💞
We brought #FaithLeaders from across #California to the virtual halls of power in Sacramento to share the good news of #ClimateJustice! 🌍✊
Join the choir of voices speaking up & let your representatives know that as a person of faith you support: #SB254, #AB740, #SB57 & #AB1207 #Climate #Advocacy
Join the choir of voices speaking up & let your representatives know that as a person of faith you support: #SB254, #AB740, #SB57 & #AB1207 #Climate #Advocacy
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We brought #FaithLeaders from across #California to the virtual halls of power in Sacramento to share the good news of #ClimateJustice! 🌍✊
Join the choir of voices speaking up & let your representatives know that as a person of faith you support: #SB254, #AB740, #SB57 & #AB1207 #Climate #Advocacy
Join the choir of voices speaking up & let your representatives know that as a person of faith you support: #SB254, #AB740, #SB57 & #AB1207 #Climate #Advocacy
📢 #ElectricVehicles are becoming more & more affordable! Now you can save even more when you purchase or lease a pre-owned #EV 🤑
Learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with Southern California Edison at evrebates.sce.com
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #DriveClean #DriveElectric
Learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with Southern California Edison at evrebates.sce.com
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #DriveClean #DriveElectric
August 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
📢 #ElectricVehicles are becoming more & more affordable! Now you can save even more when you purchase or lease a pre-owned #EV 🤑
Learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with Southern California Edison at evrebates.sce.com
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #DriveClean #DriveElectric
Learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with Southern California Edison at evrebates.sce.com
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #DriveClean #DriveElectric
The #OneBigBeautifulBill (OB3) is reshaping the future of #solar & phasing out tax benefits for #HousesofWorship & #nonprofits
In our latest webinar we discuss:
✅ What OB3 changed
✅ How to still save big w/ solar
✅ Key developments to watch
✅ Steps your org can take today
🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/df2eRHXb
In our latest webinar we discuss:
✅ What OB3 changed
✅ How to still save big w/ solar
✅ Key developments to watch
✅ Steps your org can take today
🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/df2eRHXb
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The #OneBigBeautifulBill (OB3) is reshaping the future of #solar & phasing out tax benefits for #HousesofWorship & #nonprofits
In our latest webinar we discuss:
✅ What OB3 changed
✅ How to still save big w/ solar
✅ Key developments to watch
✅ Steps your org can take today
🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/df2eRHXb
In our latest webinar we discuss:
✅ What OB3 changed
✅ How to still save big w/ solar
✅ Key developments to watch
✅ Steps your org can take today
🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/df2eRHXb
CIPL endorse the CPA Energy Team⚡️
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
August 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CIPL endorse the CPA Energy Team⚡️
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
🚨 ACTION ALERT🚨
Car & truck exhaust doesn’t just make it harder to breathe — it also causes & worsens asthma, cancer, & other chronic diseases. Stop the #EPArollbacks of federal standards for vehicle pollution 🚚💨 #CleanAirAct #Faith4Climate
Sign the petition here: lnkd.in/dEPe_sW7
Car & truck exhaust doesn’t just make it harder to breathe — it also causes & worsens asthma, cancer, & other chronic diseases. Stop the #EPArollbacks of federal standards for vehicle pollution 🚚💨 #CleanAirAct #Faith4Climate
Sign the petition here: lnkd.in/dEPe_sW7
August 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨 ACTION ALERT🚨
Car & truck exhaust doesn’t just make it harder to breathe — it also causes & worsens asthma, cancer, & other chronic diseases. Stop the #EPArollbacks of federal standards for vehicle pollution 🚚💨 #CleanAirAct #Faith4Climate
Sign the petition here: lnkd.in/dEPe_sW7
Car & truck exhaust doesn’t just make it harder to breathe — it also causes & worsens asthma, cancer, & other chronic diseases. Stop the #EPArollbacks of federal standards for vehicle pollution 🚚💨 #CleanAirAct #Faith4Climate
Sign the petition here: lnkd.in/dEPe_sW7
Why are we giving away FREE trees?
🌬️Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air & release oxygen, making our planet more breathable
🍃Their leafy canopies reduce heat, lower energy bills & make cities more livable in summer
🐿️Countless creatures rely on trees for shelter & food
🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees
🌬️Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air & release oxygen, making our planet more breathable
🍃Their leafy canopies reduce heat, lower energy bills & make cities more livable in summer
🐿️Countless creatures rely on trees for shelter & food
🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why are we giving away FREE trees?
🌬️Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air & release oxygen, making our planet more breathable
🍃Their leafy canopies reduce heat, lower energy bills & make cities more livable in summer
🐿️Countless creatures rely on trees for shelter & food
🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees
🌬️Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air & release oxygen, making our planet more breathable
🍃Their leafy canopies reduce heat, lower energy bills & make cities more livable in summer
🐿️Countless creatures rely on trees for shelter & food
🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees
CIPL calls on truck and engine manufacturers to #KeepTheFaith and produce the affordable #CleanVehicles they promised to California. ⚡️🚛⚡️ #Faiths4Climate #Climate #CleanAir
www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/...
www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/...
17 Groups Urge Truck Makers to Uphold CA Emissions Pact
A coalition of 17 environmental, health, and business groups sent a letter urging truck and engine manufacturers to reaffirm their commitment to the 2023 Clean Truck Partnership with CARB.
www.ccjdigital.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
CIPL calls on truck and engine manufacturers to #KeepTheFaith and produce the affordable #CleanVehicles they promised to California. ⚡️🚛⚡️ #Faiths4Climate #Climate #CleanAir
www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/...
www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/...
The One Big Beautiful Bill will phase out solar tax benefits & add new restrictions for nonprofits who want to go #solar. Despite the challenges, we’ve charted a path forward that enables #HousesOfWorship to achieve their #CleanEnergy goals — if they act now.
#OBBBA Webinar: tinyurl.com/b3xkwv85
#OBBBA Webinar: tinyurl.com/b3xkwv85
August 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The One Big Beautiful Bill will phase out solar tax benefits & add new restrictions for nonprofits who want to go #solar. Despite the challenges, we’ve charted a path forward that enables #HousesOfWorship to achieve their #CleanEnergy goals — if they act now.
#OBBBA Webinar: tinyurl.com/b3xkwv85
#OBBBA Webinar: tinyurl.com/b3xkwv85
CIPL is partnering with congregations & local leaders in Compton to build a #ResilienceHub & prepare for future #NaturalDisasters & climate related hardships.
Thank you Bay Area Council for making this possible through the California Resilience Challenge grant! ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxGsCPwyac
Thank you Bay Area Council for making this possible through the California Resilience Challenge grant! ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxGsCPwyac
Building Resilience in Compton and Watts
YouTube video by California Interfaith Power & Light
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
CIPL is partnering with congregations & local leaders in Compton to build a #ResilienceHub & prepare for future #NaturalDisasters & climate related hardships.
Thank you Bay Area Council for making this possible through the California Resilience Challenge grant! ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxGsCPwyac
Thank you Bay Area Council for making this possible through the California Resilience Challenge grant! ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxGsCPwyac
☀️California Interfaith Power & Light is honored to be among this amazing group of NGOs & grateful to BAAQMD James Cary Smith Community Grants program for the support.💞
Our project title is "Building Resilient Communities for Clean Air & Climate Action" #Faiths4Climate
www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-...
Our project title is "Building Resilient Communities for Clean Air & Climate Action" #Faiths4Climate
www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-...
Air District awards $3.5 million in second cycle of James Cary Smith Community Grant Program
Air District awards $3.5 million in second cycle of James Cary Smith Community Grant Program
www.baaqmd.gov
July 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
☀️California Interfaith Power & Light is honored to be among this amazing group of NGOs & grateful to BAAQMD James Cary Smith Community Grants program for the support.💞
Our project title is "Building Resilient Communities for Clean Air & Climate Action" #Faiths4Climate
www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-...
Our project title is "Building Resilient Communities for Clean Air & Climate Action" #Faiths4Climate
www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-...
The #NationalPollutionStandards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, & medium-duty vehicles would cut 7 billion metric tons of emissions & saved the average driver $6k in fuel & maintenance costs. Today Trump's EPA proposed to roll back these standards.
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
Biden-Harris Administration finalizes strongest-ever pollution standards for cars that position U.S. companies and workers to lead the clean vehicle future, protect public health, address the climate ...
EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration finalizes strongest-ever pollution standards for cars that position U.S. companies and workers to lead the clean vehicle future, protect public health, ad...
www.epa.gov
July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The #NationalPollutionStandards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, & medium-duty vehicles would cut 7 billion metric tons of emissions & saved the average driver $6k in fuel & maintenance costs. Today Trump's EPA proposed to roll back these standards.
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
CIPL endorse the CPA Energy Team⚡️
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
July 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
CIPL endorse the CPA Energy Team⚡️
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship.
☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
🌎 Let's take care of Sacred Earth & drive electric⚡️
🏎️💨 Race to evrebates.sce.com and learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with SCE when you purchase or lease a pre-owned electric vehicle
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #EV #rebate
🏎️💨 Race to evrebates.sce.com and learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with SCE when you purchase or lease a pre-owned electric vehicle
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #EV #rebate
July 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🌎 Let's take care of Sacred Earth & drive electric⚡️
🏎️💨 Race to evrebates.sce.com and learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with SCE when you purchase or lease a pre-owned electric vehicle
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #EV #rebate
🏎️💨 Race to evrebates.sce.com and learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with SCE when you purchase or lease a pre-owned electric vehicle
#Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #EV #rebate
At the Bay Area Council Showcase, CIPL proudly shared our story of working with faith leaders to build congregational #ResilienceHubs in Compton. Together with partners across the state, we’re advancing #ClimateSolutions that protect people & care for our Sacred Earth 🌱 🌎 #Faiths4Climate
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
At the Bay Area Council Showcase, CIPL proudly shared our story of working with faith leaders to build congregational #ResilienceHubs in Compton. Together with partners across the state, we’re advancing #ClimateSolutions that protect people & care for our Sacred Earth 🌱 🌎 #Faiths4Climate