California Interfaith Power & Light
Building an interfaith movement for climate justice.
For years, the faith community has been making an impact on greening their facilities, educating their members and impacting clean energy and climate legislation. Our colleagues at Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto are showing us another path to the transition to a cleaner world – large-scale solar within the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) system. Simply put, …
Climate-related events after September 8’s RISE for Climate, Jobs and Justice continued seemingly, non-stop, bringing out the faithful who are tireless advocates for a sustainable world. And the efforts of the California faith community and CIPL will continue unabated as we fall into Autumn. Stay tuned! On the same day as the international RISE marches, …
The goal of 100% clean energy in California is now a reality. After a two-year campaign with massive support from the faith, public health, equity, policy and environmental sectors, Senate Bill 100, which sets the target for 100% clean electrical energy by 2045, was passed and signed into law. Susan Stephenson, CIPL Executive Director, was …
The faith community was out in full force Saturday to RISE for Climate, Jobs, and Justice. In all, some 900 marches happened in 80 countries, calling for the equitable and accelerated transition to clean energy and environmental justice. In San Francisco, CIPL staff member Liore Milgrom-Gartner was a key partner in coordinating the faith contingent …
The first quarter of 2018 proved to be a busy one for CIPL member congregations, staff and steering committee members. Indeed, 2018 has already shown that climate change is here, its effects are being felt in a number of ways in California and around the globe, and that the faith community is responding with ever-greater …
