People of faith in the fight against MVP
By Rev. Amy Brooks Paradise, GreenFaith Organizer The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been under protest for 10 years, is 6 years behind schedule and more than 3 billion dollars over budget. And yet, last summer, Joe Manchin helped MVP by-pass all permitting processes allowing work to re-commence and leading to renewed efforts to STOP MVP. […]
GreenFaith in the Media: USA Faith Organizer William Morris Discusses Interfaith Climate Action on Undaunted Podcast
Climate activist and GreenFaith organizer William Morris is featured on Choose Unity’s podcast, Undaunted, urging faith communities to step up in support of climate justice. He dives into what he believes to be the roots of climate change denial in the evangelical community, shares his journey as a Christian and climate activist and how he […]
Clergy to Vanguard: Stop Funding Fossil Fuels!
By Rev. Amy Brooks and Rev. Chelsea MacMillan Vanguard must decarbonize, massively scale up sustainable investments, adopt a human rights policy, and use its power to hold the worst climate actors accountable. “When the fires burn and the seas rise, not in our name, we say, not in our name, we say, not in our […]
The March to End Fossil Fuels
Last September, we mobilized thousands of people in New York City GreenFaith convened the “Faith Hub,” one of the biggest community/interest based groups who marched together through New York City on September 17 At least 1K people of faith marched together as the “Faith Hub” among ~50K people altogether, with 29 Faith sub-hubs and […]
CERAweek 2023: Recap & Next Steps
HOUSTON, TX – Earlier this month, people of faith and moral conscience joined the Permian Gulf Coast Coalition in downtown Houston to demand climate justice for impacted communities during CERAweek, one of the biggest energy industry conferences in the world.
Texas Environmental Faith Activist Disrupts CERAWeek Energy Conference in Houston
HOUSTON, TX – Today, climate activist Aly Tharp disrupted a plenary session hosted by CEO Patrick Pouyanné of TotalEnergies, a French oil & gas company, during the CERAWeek Conference in Houston, TX. Ms. Tharp stood on a chair at the conference, raised a banner with the words “STOP EACOP & RIO GRANDE LNG” and […]
28 Clergy & Faith Leaders Arrested at BlackRock Headquarters
New York, NY – A multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people were arrested today at BlackRock’s headquarters in Manhattan while peacefully and prayerfully protesting the financial giant’s ongoing investment in fossil fuel corporations that are actively destroying the earth. The demonstration was a coalition of climate action groups that was organized by GreenFaith […]
Following Indigenous Leadership
In northern Minnesota, a Canadian fossil fuel pipeline company called Enbridge carries tar sands oil, one of the dirtiest forms of fuel, from Alberta, Canada to Lake Superior, WI. There, it is shipped through the Great Lakes and enters the global energy supply. Enbridge’s pipeline is corroded and old, leaking, and in danger of failing. […]
This Has Been a Brutal Week
GreenFaith stands in solidarity with Black Americans among us protesting systemic brutalization.
Yes, And: How we think about personal and collective action
My plan for the New Year was to tread more lightly on the planet with some personal changes. But as I started reading about the climate impacts of meat, I started wondering: Are changing personal habits enough?