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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 6d

✨Come celebrate St Peter’s+Trinity Episcopal Church & other climate champions at the CA #CoolClimateAwards 2025!

📅Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM
📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
🎟️Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26

We're almost sold out so order your tickets now!

2025 California Cool Climate Awards

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 6d

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 6d

🌟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.

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10d

✨Come celebrate Nancy, Peninsula Temple Beth El and other climate champions at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025!

📅Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM
📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
🎟️Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26

We're almost sold out so order your tickets now!

2025 California Cool Climate Awards

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10d

🌎✨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 ✊

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 21d

Debbie also founded the Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA), a network of 20+ faith communities united for #ClimateAdvocacy & #EnvironmentalAction

✨Celebrate with us at CIPL's #CoolClimateAwards
📅 Sun. Oct 26, 2025 – 5PM
📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
🎟️ Order tickets: tinyurl.com/10C26

2025 California Cool Climate Awards

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 21d

🌟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 🌿

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 25d

⚡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

Building A Brighter, Cleaner Future With Clean Power Alliance

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 26d

✨Come celebrate Rev. Tamm, LAFEN, and other climate champions at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025!

📅 Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM
📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
👉Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26

2025 California Cool Climate Awards

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 26d

🌎✨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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Sep 18

"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
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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...

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Sep 18

Join us as we honor their inspiring #ClimateAction at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025!

📅 Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM
📍 Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
✨ An evening of sustainable dining, community & inspiration

👉 Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26

2025 California Cool Climate Awards

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Sep 18

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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Sep 11

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...

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 29

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 🌳💞

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 #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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨 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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 12

💧Their roots help prevent erosion, filter rainwater & keep rivers & groundwater cleaner

💞 Trees deepen our connection to the natural world!

Check out our website & see if you (most likely) qualify
🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees #FreeTrees

Congregation: Do We Qualify for Free Trees?

Thank you so much for your interest in CIPL's Our Sacred Canopy program with American Forest! Please fill out this request form to see if your congregation qualifies for free trees. Once CIPL verifi...

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 12

CIPL calls on truck and engine manufacturers to #KeepTheFaith and produce the affordable #CleanVehicles they promised to California. ⚡️🚛⚡️ #Faiths4Climate #Climate #CleanAir

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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.

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fierce Urgency of Now: The Sun Is Setting on Federal Solar Incentives. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The recent passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OB3) rapidly phases out solar tax benefits and adds new restrictions for houses of worship and other nonprofits who want to go solar. An executive o...

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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · Aug 4

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

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