If you’ve seen the documentary “Gasland”, or read articles about the mining of sandstone next to Illinois’ Starved Rock State Park, or heard about the potential cause of the Youngstown, OH earthquakes, then you’ve probably come across the word “fracking” a fair bit these past few months. more
Faith & the Environment
The earth in its entirety belongs to God and human beings are entrusted by God with its stewardship.
We hope that you have already read our October 10 Faith-In-Action Alert and signed our faith petition to President Obama, asking him to deny the Keystone XL Pipeline construction permit. If not, we’re asking you to sign it now! more
Recently, as some of you know, I was arrested along with 1,250 others in a non-violent civil disobedience action in front of the White House. The general purpose of the so-called Tar Sands Action was to remind President Obama of his campaign pledge to make this generation “the first to free itself from the tyranny of oil”—all his words. more
A little over a year ago, I wrote an article called “Coming Clean” about our work with the Clean Power Coalition to shut-down or clean-up two coal-fired power plants in Chicago. more
PCG attended the signing of SB 2139 at Eden Place, see the slide show. more
It’s not every day that one has the opportunity to celebrate the signing of a bill with the Governor himself; and it’s especially not every day that the bill signing is held at an urban nature center complete with goats, geese, Shetland ponies, and a butterfly sanctuary. more
Veronica Kyle of Faith in Place calls for the healing of the ecological divide at the signing of the Environmental Justice Act. more
As we noted in our last legislative update, we’re about to start the “second half” of the legislative session in Illinois. Given that this is shaping up to be yet another difficult year—with cuts to vital human services looming, and divisiveness between the parties on major budget issues—we feel it is important to take a moment to celebrate the good things that are happening… more
Over 100 advocates attended the day, and every legislator in the General Assembly was contacted on important energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean water legislation. more
PCG’s commitment to the environment has always required us to care for God’s creation—and to help the most vulnerable among us, those who have contributed the least to the problem, but stand to suffer the most. more
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
