Action Alert: EPA’s Carbon Rule
Hottest Month in History Spurs Climate Action
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I recently attended the Power for Purpose Climate Justice event hosted by Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel and would like to share the materials and action steps. Recent reports indicate that our planet is rapidly changing, and July 3rd marked the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. I feel a sense of urgency to encourage others to take action with me.
Please join me in submitting comments to the EPA about our concerns regarding pollution levels in our air, water, and soil.
You can even personalize your message by sharing a personal story that can help show the White House why firm limits on climate pollution are necessary. Everyone can participate, including businesses, public leaders, community organizations, and students.
Please submit your comments today, and we also encourage you to share this valuable information with others and urge them to do the same.
- If you’re a Reform Jew like me, please use this link:
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- If you belong to another faith or don’t belong to a faith community, please use this link:
- Materials from the Purpose Climate Justice event are available at this link.
The climate and ecological crisis cannot be fixed later. It cannot be left for anyone else to sort out. It has to be us and has to be now.” These words from Greta Thunberg inspire us to take action and work together towards a better future. Let’s make a positive impact today.
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Day of Action On Climate Crisis
I recently attended the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's Day of Action on the Washington climate emergency as a Temple Sha'arey Shalom representative. This was my first advocacy trip in almost five years, during which I advocated for funding for affordable housing for people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness. This time, I was advocating for climate action as part of the Power for Purpose campaign of the Reform Movement. I had the opportunity to meet with staff from Senator Cory Booker and Congressman Chris Smith and later with Congressmen Donald Payne, Jr. via Zoom.
During the event, two speakers challenged us to think differently about the work we need to do. LaTosha Brown, Co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the Black Voters Capacity Building Institute encouraged us to levitate above public conversations that do not focus on solving problems and see the big picture. Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock from Georgia challenged us to view our work as an effort to redeem the soul of America, which the rise of antisemitism, racism, sexism, and other forms of hatred has damaged.
Heat Records Fall Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast
Hottest Month in History Spurs Climate Action
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 39 secondsOn July 6, 2023, Brad Plumer and Elena Shao reported for The New York Times, “Heat Records Fall Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast.”
“The past three days were likely the hottest in Earth’s modern history, scientists said on Thursday, as an astonishing surge of heat across the globe continued to shatter temperature records from North America to Antarctica.
The spike comes as forecasters warn that the Earth could be entering a multiyear period of exceptional warmth driven by two main factors: continued emissions of heat-trapping gases, mainly caused by humans burning oil, gas, and coal, and the return of El Niño, a cyclical weather pattern.
“There does seem to be this unusual convergence of warming factors right now. But this is all happening in a world where we’ve been increasing greenhouse gases for the past 150 years, and that really loads the dice and makes it much more likely that we’re going to get pushed into record-breaking territory,” said Gabriel Vecchi, a climate scientist at Princeton.
