“You serve US, the breathing public!”

IPL-DMV director Joelle Novey spoke Tuesday at a rally outside DC’s PSC to demand they stop Washington Gas’ dangerous Project Pipes plan. We say NO to more gas infrastructure that harms our communities and our right to breathe clean air!

Today we joined Rev. Dell Hinton and partners from the Clean Heat Coalition to call on @govwesmoore.bsky.social to finalize strong Clean Heat Rules. We all deserve to breathe clean air at home, and it’s time to replace polluting fuel-burning furnaces w/efficient heat pumps. marylandcleanheat.org

Is your congregation in Prince George’s or Montgomery counties or DC? If yes, join an upcoming workshop to enroll your congregation in our Sacred Grounds “Growing Joy” program through @nationalwildlife.bsky.social!

Register: bit.ly/GrowingJoyWorkshops

As BGE and Washington Gas share their WARMTH Act pilot projects with the Maryland Public Service Commission today, Action in Montgomery/Maryland Just Power Alliance and IPL-DMV congregations are standing with our neighbors at Northwest Park Apartments. We’re PUMPED for neighborhood geothermal in MD!

This past Sunday, we encouraged folks at IFCMW’s Interfaith Unity Walk to make #SacredHaste for clean energy projects in their homes and congregations. Join them by visiting ipldmv.org/now! What will you do to make Sacred Haste?

Join residents and advocates from across the District at the Green Budget Day of Action on Monday June 16th, 8am. We’re gathering at the Wilson building to call on the DC Council and Mayor Bowser: Don’t defund our communities and our climate in our local DC budget.

Register: bit.ly/gbda-ipl

"What is my prediction for the end of the world?" Rev. Laura Martin asks at the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) awards event. "I believe the world has already ended ... and begun again, and will over and over."

On Earth Day, our Director Joelle closed a multi-faith gathering on Capitol Hill with this song by Sarina Partridge: 
"But don't you hear them too, the voices cutting through the despair saying: 'We need you there, in the belly of the beast, singing, singing, singing–  through times such as these."

Join us tonight at 7pm for IPL-DMV’s first-ever Climate Bible Study! Interested in learning what the Christian Bible says about climate change? Or do you seek a robust discussion about Christian climate theology? Register for Zoom Link: bit.ly/iplbiblestudy

We loved talking climate feelings and climate action with the @wrj1913.bsky.social Social Action conference, alongside @joindayenu.bsky.social!

Tonight, Senator Brian Feldman's committee meets to consider whether Md needs *more* gas-burning 🔥 power plants, with *less* recourse for communities when these polluters come into our neighborhoods. 🤯
All day, our District 15 congregations are calling to say: NO! (📸
@davidchoy.bsky.social) #mdga25

"You know what I *don’t* need our state elected leaders to do?
To 🔥 light 🔥 anything 🔥else 🔥on 🔥fire.
There is no good reason to build a gas-burning power plant or a gas-burning building in anyone's neighborhood in Maryland ever again." -- @joellenovey.bsky.social
Speak out with us: bit.ly/3Ff7rRm

From our Director Joelle: "Burning fossil fuels has set our planet on fire. Some days our democracy seems to also be on fire. We’re scrambling to protect neighbors from harm. I'm looking to #mdga25 legislators to protect us fiercely and to transition to clean energy locally ...

Toasting unanimous passage of strong Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) by the Montgomery County Council this morning! Emily @mygreenmc.bsky.social and Maddie on our team stand ready to help every covered house of worship in the County to comply and do our part!

At Temple Sinai last night, we welcomed Tu Bishvat, the Jewish ecological holiday,with @cmfrumin.bsky.social, by learning about harms of gas-burning, by tasting chocolate fondue made all-electric with induction, & by speaking out to @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social to protect Healthy Homes funding!

Our whole team got the Nap Ministry "rest deck" from Tricia Hersey, "The Nap Bishop" as a holiday gift. May all climate protectors honor our needs for rest and gentleness this year. 💚

We want to see more clean energy investments in 2025!⚡️We sent a Hanukkah card to the Maryland Public Service Commission today, saying so. 🖊️📨 You can, too: Visit www.upgrademaryland.org/take-action

Shortly after Lindsay moved to Baltimore, we measured nitrogen dioxide levels while her gas-burning stove was on. NO2 levels reached more than 4x the EPA’s outdoor safe limit of 100 ppb. Burning gas indoors isn't healthy. We know because we measured it ourselves: beyondgasdc.org/cooking-up-danger