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Feb 29: Webinar on the climate talks in Durban
Examining Durban: How Will the Last Climate-Change Talks Impact Jews, Israel and the World? Wednesday, February 29 at 1:00 pm est. Click here to register! What happened at the climate negotiations in Durban? And how can we be involved as a Jewish community? Join a discussion about the recent U.N. Conference on Climate in Durban. Environmentalists Dr. Orr Karassin, Michael Schut and David Turnbull will present Jewish, Israeli and interfaith ...
COEJL Training Webinars for Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign
COEJL is holding a series of informative training webinars for participating Jewish organizations who have signed onto the Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign declaration. The first webinar is on “How to Create an Energy Reduction Plan” and will be on Wednesday, February 22. It is not too late to participate in this webinar! Please call us for more information at 212-532-7436 if your organization is thinking about signing the ...
Rabbi Steve Gutow and Rabbi David Saperstein in the Jewish Week: A Call to Action on Energy Policy
This month we celebrate Tu b’Shvat, the Jewish new year for trees. Building on this ancient celebration of nature, American Jews are, increasingly, expanding their observance by honoring our entire planet. Tu b’Shvat has become a time to reflect on Earth’s fragility, its dwindling resources and humankind’s impact on water, air and land, as well as on the people, animals and plants that dwell here. Read the complete article ...
Feb 6: COEJL’s declaration signing ceremony
The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) invites you to the official signing ceremony of the “Jewish Environmental and Energy Imperative” declaration, part of its Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign. Two days before the Jewish celebration of Tu B’shvat, the New Year for trees, leaders of the Jewish community will set the community-wide goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 14% by 2014. Who: On ...
Launch of COEJL’s new website
We are pleased to unveil our brand-new website at www.coejl.org! The redesigned site is packed with new content and Jewish information on energy, sustainability, and climate change. We hope you will take a look. Brand-new features include: Updated features and news up front on our home page. A News & Views section detailing what Jewish communities are doing, and should be doing, and providing Jewish and interfaith perspectives ...
PROTECT OUR HEALTH NOW – TELL THE SENATE TO STOP “DIRTY AIR” BILLS FROM PASSING
BACKGROUND: Despite clear scientific evidence of the harm being done to our air, land, and water, by greenhouses gases, Senators and Representatives have introduced a barrage of bills that would roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement of Clean Air Act safeguards. The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 (H.R. 910/S.482.) would allow polluters to continue to spew unlimited amounts of carbon and other pollution into our air. ...
DC Admin Position with National Religious Partnership on the Environment
Office Manager / Executive Admin Assistant The National Religious Partnership for the Environment seeks an experienced, versatile, Office Manager / Executive Administrative Assistant (EAA) for its new office in Washington, DC. The Partnership, founded in 1993, is a highly respected, national alliance of four major independent faith groups (the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches of Christ, the ...
COEJL Action Alert: Stop ‘Dirty Air’ Bills From Passing
PROTECT OUR HEALTH – STOP “DIRTY AIR” BILLS FROM PASSING BACKGROUND: Despite clear scientific evidence of greenhouse gases harming our air, land and water and contributing to climate change, some Senators and Representatives are attacking the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce Clean Air Act safeguards. These safeguards are already saving lives and improving the health of millions of Americans ...
Action Alert: Protect our Land and Water
BACKGROUND: The LWCF was established in 1965 to protect America’s Great Outdoors, using royalties paid by oil companies to the government to fund the conservation of natural resources. Yet, since its inception, the Fund has never received sufficient appropriations. Even though there's been more than enough oil revenue for the LWCF at no cost to the American taxpayer, Congress has failed to use that money for its intended purpose (its ...