Faith Leaders, Rebuking Government, Call for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies and LNG Expansion
Toxic Tour, “Climate Revival” Call for Ending Polluter Handouts Houston, March 10: Forty religious leaders gathered in Houston over the weekend and at the CERAWeek protests on Monday, calling for an immediate end to fossil fuel subsidies and the expansion of fossil gas (LNG) infrastructure. “Every year, the oil industry receives $20 billion in Federal […]
GreenFaith at NYC Climate Week 2024
Every year, Climate Week in NYC gathers worldwide leaders for important climate movement meetings and planning sessions. This year’s Climate Week ran from Sept. 22-28, and GreenFaith was the bridge between secular and faith spaces, calling our movement into greater action for a just future. Executive Director Rev. Fletcher Harper offered impassioned remarks at a […]
23 Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting Citi’s Finance for Fossil Fuels
Faith Leaders’ Message: Time for Change Today in New York City, 24 clergy and lay faith activists from diverse religions were arrested for chaining themselves to the doors of CitiBank’s headquarters, physically blocking the building entrances. Approximately 75 people of diverse faiths took part in this action, which delayed the entrance of hundreds of Citi […]
REPORT: Sacred Planet, Stained Profits
Why Religious Communities Must Pressure Banks to Phase out Finance for Fossil Fuels while Upscaling Investment in Clean Energy Around the world, people of faith are increasingly aware of the dangerous, escalating impacts of the climate crisis. Hardly a week passes when we do not hear about scorching heat waves that imperil the elderly, infants, […]
Announcing the 2025 GreenFaith Rising Leaders Fellows
GreenFaith US is pleased to introduce the 2025 GreenFaith Rising Leaders Fellows, a dynamic and diverse group of 17 climate activists, aged 18-35 years old, from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. These individuals represent the next class of leaders trained through the GreenFaith Fellowship Program, the world’s longest-running interfaith environmental leadership program. Beginning this year, […]
Important Update: Faiths for Climate Justice
An Message From Executive Director Rev Fletcher Harper Three weeks ago, ten of our GreenFaith Tanzania activists were detained and interrogated by their government for speaking publicly against the destructive East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Backed by TotalEnergies, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the governments of Tanzania and Uganda, EACOP is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]