Tag: JEA

Now Available: Video of February 15 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

What Can PA Hope to Achieve with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, February 15, 2023, is part of PA IPL’s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
What Can PA Hope to Achieve or Make Progress on Climate Issues This Year?

SPEAKER:
Flora Cardoni, Field Director at PennEnvironment

Flora oversees much of PennEnvironment’s climate and grassroots organizing work, directing staff, and mobilizing volunteers around the state to fight climate change and promote good clean energy policy in Pennsylvania. She has also directed several door to door canvass offices around the state on behalf of PennEnvironment and Work For Progress. She will talk about a range of topics from promoting more solar energy, changing legislation, increasing our alternative energy standard, and even RGGI.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.

Now Available: Video of January 18 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

Bankrolling the Climate Crisis with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, January 18, 2023, is part of PA IPL’s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
Bankrolling the Climate Crisis: the role the big US banks play in financing the fossil-free industry

SPEAKERS:
Ben Cushing, Director of Sierra Club‘s national Fossil-Free Finance Campaign
Others from Sierra Club

As long as the major US banks and other asset managers like Vanguard and BlackRock finance fossil fuel investments, these industries will continue drilling, shipping, and burning CO2 and methane. Yet concerned Americans can take steps to stop this funding by moving their own funds, pressuring their retirement fund managers to divest, and pressuring our religious institutions to divest. The time for will be discussion after and the presentation and calls for action.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.

Now Available: Video of December 21 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

What’s Next for Climate Progress? A Post-Election Briefing with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, December 21, 2022, is part of PA IPL’s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
What’s Next for Climate Progress: A Post-Election Briefing

SPEAKERS:
Tiffany Hartung, field director, IPL National
Madison Mayhew, federal policy advocate, IPL National
Ileagh MacIvers, clean cars organizer, IPL National

The national elections brought mostly good news in terms of electing climate-friendly candidates, but with a divided Congress it will be harder to achieve significant legislation. However, there are other avenues for action. Watch here to listed to three National IPL speakers who are very well versed on upcoming climate progress possibilities.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.

Now Available: Video of November 16 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

Countering Climate Disinformation in Conversations and in the Media with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, November 16, 2022, is part of PA IPL’s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
Countering Climate Disinformation In Conversations and In the Media

SPEAKER:
Maegan Ramirez, Climate Justice Outreach Coordinator for the Union of Concerned Scientists

This joint session with JEA focuses on how to have difficult conversations and how to bridge the divide.

Maegan Ramirez is a program coordinator with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her role, she supports the Climate Impacts team and helped establish a programmatic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team. Prior to joining UCS, Maegan completed a research internship at the National Endowment for the Arts. She has also worked in higher education at the University of Texas at El Paso, and served as a Congressional District Leader for the ONE Campaign, which focuses on ending extreme poverty and preventable diseases. Maegan holds a BA in creative writing and political science from the University of Texas at El Paso, and an MFA in creative writing from American University.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.

Now Available: Video of September 21 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

The Connection Between Climate and Voting with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, September 21, 2022, is part of PA IPL’s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
The Connection Between Climate and Voting

SPEAKER:
Phyllis Blumberg, PA organizer for the JEA and Board member at PA IPL

This joint session with JEA focuses on how voting is the most essential way Americans can express their concerns and opinions. Citizens concerned about climate change need to be consistently voting in every election, and voting for candidates who will work to address climate change.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.

Now Available: Video of August 17 Meeting in Partnership with JEA!

Soot with PA IPL & JEA

This meeting, recorded Wednesday, August 17, 2022, is part of PA IPL‘s ongoing partnership with Jewish Earth Alliance (JEA).

TOPIC:
Soot

SPEAKER:
Christopher D. Ahlers, Staff Attorney for the Clean Air Council

This joint session with JEA focuses on how the current standards for the deadly and dangerous particulate matter pollution, or soot, set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are outdated and insufficient. It’s time for the EPA to update these pollution limits to the strongest science-based standards to ensure cleaner air for families, advance environmental justice, and protect public health and the climate. At this meeting Christopher D. Ahlers, Staff Attorney for the Clean Air Council, will give us an overview of what particulate matter pollution—or soot—is, what causes it, and what individuals and businesses can do to reduce it. He will also discuss the recommendations for the revised standards.

JEA provides ongoing training and templates for monthly letter writing campaigns to local, state, and federal officials. The meetings provide a template, information, and guidance for all those who are interested in amplifying the message of Climate Justice.

Once you learn how easy Jewish Earth Alliance makes it, through their background information and template letter, for everyone to write letters to their federal officials, we hope you will write to your members of Congress now and for the next few months.