See this film about the Pope’s meeting with 5 climate champions from around the world and how they embody the message of Laudato Si’, his letter to everyone on earth.
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“Save Our Mother,” "Vote/Pray," -- some of the messages from almost 200 folks holding signs that greeted drivers on Raleigh’s Wade Avenue during ICCT’s 2ndPrayer Chain for the Earth on October 3, 2022.
See the videos and read a stirring blog on this amazing happening.
Good news! The U.S. Senate passed the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act on July 28, 2022. ICCT supported the bill when we hosted an April 2022 webinar presented by the U.S. Composting Council and attended by 50 people in April 2022. Ask your U.S. House member to support the bill using this easy-to-navigate link. See more information on the bill, the webinar, the recording, and ICCT’s position here.
Webinar and Advocacy Resources
Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan lacks urgency, concern and commitment to meet Governor Cooper’s mandate to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
It’s not too late to comment online if you missed the meeting. (Reference Docket No. E 100, Sub 179.) Use the ICCT Policy Statement as a resource.
See more about the rally.
In the fall of 2021, North Carolina passed HB951, a landmark piece of legislation requiring Duke Energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in North Carolina by 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero by 2050. Duke has now released their Carbon Plan, outlining how they intend to meet these targets and much effort and careful analysis has been put into it.
Read the entire ICCT Policy.
Participate in a study on the effect of environmental contaminants such as PFAS and toxic metals on liver health. Data from the CDC shows the body burden of these contaminants is disproportionately borne by ethnic minorities and the poor of any ethnicity. More data is needed to enable better environmental policy.
On October 18, 200+ people of faith and people of conscience formed a Human Prayer Chain for Climate Justice sponsored by ICCT along Wade Avenue from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh to the Community United Church of Christ and beyond! On October 24, Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation is sponsoring a similar prayer chain in Chapel Hill.
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Eighty people joined the virtual Triangle Clergy Dialogue with Rep. Deborah Ross on Climate Action on September 27, 2021. This was a powerful coming together of faith leaders and members of congregations all over the Triangle to speak our common voice on the critical need to care for the environment for the sake of future generations. Hosted by Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle and Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation.
ICCT signed a letter urging Congress to support an Infrastructure Plan that tackles climate change! As an individual, you can too! (more…)
Welcome partners in Creation Justice! Here is a chance to make your voices heard as a faith community on Duke’s infrastructure plans and their climate change consequences.
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