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Washington Jewish Week, “We are turning away from God's command,” 7/28/10, by Joelle Novey
reposted to Jewschool.com: “Who blocked the Sky?"

Religion News Service, IPL’s Fr. Jacek Orzechowski quoted re: St. Camillus’ interfaith service on BP Gulf disaster:
“Oil Spill Prompts Environmental Soul-Searching,” 6/16/10

Washington Post blog: “VA's religious leaders call on senators to support climate change bill”, 6/2/10, by Anita Kumar
reposted to Climate Progress blog
reposted to Religion News Service’s Friday roundup

Virginian Pilot blog: “Clergy press Webb, Warner on climate change," 6/2/10, by Julian Walker

WSLS TV (NBC10) "Virginia clergy tell Sens. Webb, Warner climate law must protect poor," 6/2/10

Faithful Agitation blog, "It's Hot Out There," 6/2/10, by Rev. Dr. David Ensign

Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Faith leaders push climate-change legislation in letter to senators,” 6/3/10, Tyler Whitley
reposted to iStockAnalyst

Public News Service (print, online, broadcast): “Over 100 VA Faith Leaders Urge Legislators to Pass Climate Bill,” 6/3/10

WCVE (Central Va. public broadcasting): "Interfaith Effort Supports Environmental Reform," 6/3/10

Episcopal News Service "Faith leaders push senators on climate legislation," 6/3/10

Chesapeake Climate Action Network blog, "What happens when a priest, a rabbi, and an imam tell their senators to get serious?" 6/3/10
cross-posted to Article XI blog

General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church “100+ Clergy Declare Climate Change Real,” 6/7/10

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Letters to the Editor:
"Imam Proves Himself on Security Issue," 3/21/10, by Joelle Novey

Waste & Recycling News:
"Green Preaching," 3/1/10, by Elizabeth McGowan

The Jewish Daily Forward:
"The Environment in Spiritual Crisis? Jewish Grass-Roots Activism on the Rise," 1/27/10, by Mirele B. Goldsmith

Local public radio station, WAMU:
"DC Church Enters Green Movement By Blessing Its Solar Panels," 11/16/09
featured GW-IPL and quotation from Joelle Novey in report on blessing of solar panels at St. Alban's Parish.

Coverage of Carbon Lenten Fast
- "Churches Join Lenten Trend: Cutting Out Carbons" Washington Post - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
- Think Globally, Fast Locally
Begins at 22 min 43 sec
Interfaith Voices- March 25,2009

The Columbia Union Visitor - "To Worship Green or Not to Worship Green?" by Taashi Rowe, Septemer 2008. Note: the article is available on page 8 of a 9.25 MB file. The Columbia Union Visitor is a 56-page, full-color news magazine for members of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, circulated to 44,500 households.

Coverage of the Sept 27th Green Jobs Day of Action
- Listen to a report by WAMU on Saturday's rally in Anacostia featuring GWIPL's DC Green Jobs Coordinator (in partnership with CCAN), Nydria Humphries
- "Green Movement Gains Momentum in the District: Ward 8 Focuses On Giving the Working Class the Upper Hand" by Phillip Lucas, Washington Informer, 10/2/08.
- "Greening the Economy" by Carson Lindsey Krislov, Medill News Service , 10/2/08. Text story and video.

Sun Gazette - "Rock Spring Pastor Honored for Environmental Efforts" 7/16/08.

Washington Post - "The Faithfully Green Try a 'Carbon Fast' for Lent" by Eviana Hartman, 2/24/08.

Muslim Link - "DC’s Growing Green Muslims" by Zainab Cheema, 2/15/08.

The Gazette papers - "Tikvat Israel lauded for energy savings" by Contessa Crisostomo, 2/6/08.

For More, visit our News Archive Page

GWIPL in the Blogosphere
"Great Resource," Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate's Justice and Peace/ Integrity of Creation Office, 6/26/08.

"Moving Mountains" by Rev. Dr. David E. Ensign, Faithful Agitation, 1/8/08.

"From Dust to Dust" by Carol Howard Merritt, Tribal Church, 10/25/07.

"Faith and environmental action" by bj Altschul, Web of Life, 2/4/07.

"Letters from the Rambling Rector" Rev. Paul Roberts Abernathy, Weems Creek, 11/19/06.

"I've Got the Power" by Jenn, 2/22/06. See point number 3 for mention of GWIPL.

Audio Files

Interfaith Voices radio show:
"Religion's Role in the Climate Solution" 11/18/09
Interviewed two of GW-IPL’s local green leaders, Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (DC Green Muslims), and Evonne Marzouk (Canfei Nesharim), with the founder of the Interfaith Power & Light movement, Rev. Canon Sally Bingham. Also included coverage of blessing of St. Alban’s Parish's solar panels.

Rabbi Fred Dobb, a member of GWIPL's Steering Committee, was interviewed in a segment on "Green Pulpits" on The Intersection, hosted by Rebecca Roberts, 10/23/06.

Interfaith Power and Light founder Rev. Sally Bingham participated in a segment on "Religion and Global Warming" on Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatow, 10/20/06.

Former GWIPL coordinator Daniel Swartz participated on a panel for Interfaith Voices: A Public Radio Show - "Conversation on the Common Good #4: Focusing on Issues of the Environment" hosted by Maureen Fiedler, SL, May 2006.

Video Files
"Climate & Culture: Religious Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship" panel sponsored by the Center for American Progress with Daniel Swartz, John Carr, Rev. Richard Cizik, and Sr. Patricia Daly. Moderated by John Podesta, May 2, 2006. Individual video clips of each speaker are provided in QuickTime (MPEG-4) format.

Special Thanks
Our thanks to Dennis & Julie Bruns for honoring the work of Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light through their support of WAMU. Their day sponsorship aired on November 9th.

GWIPL Press Releases

November 24, 2008 - "GWIPL Offers Condolences to Family of Ginny and Michael Spevak"

March 10, 2008 - "Faith Leaders Urge Gov. Kaine to Oppose Coal Plant: Over 60 Leaders from Across Virginia Call Clean Energy a Moral Issue"

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