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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks to YOU and your faithful #advocacy, three of our five priority climate bills are now law 🌎✊🎉 📸 CIPL joined Sen @scottwiener.bsky.social and advocates to celebrate SB 868 & SB 222 becoming law. Check out our blog for the 2026 Legislative Climate Recap: www.interfaithpower.org/legislative-...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With #GasPrices soaring, you’d think DC would help us spend less on fuel. Instead, NHTSA finalized a rollback for higher fuel costs, more oil dependence & fewer savings for families already struggling with #Affordability 😭 People of Faith & Conscience demand a clean future with #CleanerCars! ⚡🚗 ✊
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The 2026 #SouthBay #Interfaith Summit highlighted the collective wisdom amongst our #faith leaders & their traditions, the thoughtful dialogue with elected officials & the commitment to continue our #ClimateAction together Now we carry this momentum forward. We hope you’ll join us! #FaithAndClimate
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Trump Admin eliminated the federal vehicle pollution standards. Now they're attacking California's 🚗 Faith, clean air & caring for your neighbor are all connected. We must protect our air, a sacred gift! blog.ucs.org/dave-reichmuth/why-the-epa-is-attacking-californias-clean-car-standards-again
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
By helping #WEHOPE transition away from #SingleUse products, we are reducing waste & improving #AirQuality by lowering the need for manufacturing & transportation. Thank you @bayareaairdistrict.bsky.social for helping fund this sacred work 🙏 #FaithInAction #EnvironmentalJustice #CreationCare
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Partnering w/ St Mark AME Zion Church & #WEHOPE we dedicated a new set of reusable plates to be used during Tuesday meals to their unhoused neighbors. We #blessed & dedicated them to the work of love, hospitality & community. Caring for our #neighbors & caring for #creation are inseparable callings
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
California's new budget includes $270 million for EV incentives, making clean transportation more affordable for more families California IPL & our 730+ member congregations say thank you! @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social @assemblydems.bsky.social @casendems.bsky.social laincubator.org/act-on-evs/
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We Must Drive Innovation, Jobs, and Create Savings at the Pump - LACI
Clean transportation investments and policies help protect Californians from fuel price spikes, create jobs across the state, and keep California’s cleantech innovation economy growing by creating mar...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Advocacy Day is one of our biggest events of the year. Read our latest blog Courage for the Common Good: Faith Leaders Bring Climate Justice to the Capitol www.interfaithpower.org/courage-for-...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Advocacy Day is one of our biggest events of the year. Read our latest blog Courage for the Common Good: Faith Leaders Bring Climate Justice to the Capitol www.interfaithpower.org/courage-for-...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In addition to giving cool, clean air to the environment, trees improve our mood & #MentalHealth. A 2013 study by @americanforests.bsky.social concluded having access to green space within 3 km can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression & aggression. Trees lift our spirit! #TreeEquity #FaithinAction
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
St Luke Episcopal Church, Monrovia celebrated their centennial by renovating their prayer garden, adding a labyrinth & free trees from CIPL's #OurSacredCanopy. The church celebrated this transformation by blessing the garden through prayer, incense & the sprinkling of holy water. #RootedinCommunity
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Planting trees in working-class neighborhoods is an act of #Hope, #EnvironmentalStewardship, and #ClimateJustice. Thank you, Mid-City Church of the Nazarene, for helping us grow a sacred canopy across #California! 🌴💚 #TreeEquity @americanforests.bsky.social
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This #EarthDay faith communities are caring for both people & creation 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌿 Through the Our Sacred Canopy program, Mid-City Church in #SanDiego distributed 221 trees across their neighborhood—blessing 95 families with greater access to shade, fresh fruit & the beauty of nature.
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trump promised to reduce your #energy costs. Instead he: ❌Started a war driving oil past $100/barrel ❌Killed EV tax credits ❌Rolled back fuel efficiency standards ❌Added tariffs to everything #GasPrices in CA are typically way higher than the national average. We must transition to #CleanEnergy!
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
To the CA legislators who voted “YES” on #AB1777, The faith community says #ThankYou for supporting the California Clean Skies Act! Now communities burdened by heavy diesel, railroad & port pollution are one step closer to breathing cleaner air! #ClimateJustice #FaithInAction
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
What a wonderful meeting at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District with our fellow grantees ✨ The day was full of cross-pollinating ideas amongst partners committed to public health justice & cleaner air in our region. We’re leaving inspired, aligned & grateful to do this work in community 💚
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“In a state where the next outage is never far away, #EVs offer something rare: cleaner air and greater resilience,” says Ken Alex at CLEE in @latimes.com Opinion Article 🚗⚡Read more here: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #ClimateResilience #CALeg @assemblydems.bsky.social @casendems.bsky.social
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Contributor: In wildfire country, EVs aren’t a grid problem — they’re a power solution
California needs a smarter, more flexible power grid — and EVs are actually one of the most powerful tools we have to strengthen it.
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What a gift to put roots in the ground and share abundance with young people and families at Izzi School in Fair Oaks. Every tree planted is a promise for cleaner air, deeper shade, and a more just climate future. 🌳❤️ #OurSacredCanopy #ClimateJustice #Trees #TreeEquity #FaithInAction
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
EPA is betraying its mission by reversing the 2009 Endangerment Finding. CIPL gathered 5,000 comments by people of faith & conscience in opposition to this ruling "This claim that global warming is not a threat is unfathomable & a morally reprehensible act." Susan Stephenson, ED tinyurl.com/2009EF
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California faith leaders condemn move to undermine climate regulation | KiowaCountyPress.net
The EPA finalized a decision reversing the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a legal provision which said greenhouse gases put human health at risk.
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Echo the testimony of our fearless leader, Susan Stephenson, Executive Director of CIPL, and urge the Department of Transportation to uphold Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Clean air is a sacred gift for ALL! Add your name to our petition: ✍️ tinyurl.com/nacn7c8c
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
"The air we all breathe is holy. Weakening #CAFEstandards will increase pollution—disproportionately harming children, the elderly & people with asthma— & could contribute to premature deaths. Upholding strong 🚗 emissions standards is a morally responsible decision." - Susan Stephenson, ED of CIPL
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
People of faith & conscience are standing up for #climatejustice by supporting the #MakePollutersPay Superfund ✊ Angelenos are giving written and in-person comments at the LA Board of Supervisors Meeting to ensure polluters pay their fair share for their climate damages in CA. #MPP #climate #policy
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
✨Come celebrate St Peter’s+Trinity Episcopal Church & other climate champions at the CA #CoolClimateAwards 2025! 📅Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM 📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco 🎟️Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26 We're almost sold out so order your tickets now!
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2025 California Cool Climate Awards
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌟Our next winner is St Peter’s+Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco for the Perseverance Award!💪 As the oldest Episcopal church in CA they've seen the ups & downs of congregational & city life. They’re installing solar, tending a community garden, & cleaning their neighborhood's streets.
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
✨Come celebrate Nancy, Peninsula Temple Beth El and other climate champions at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025! 📅Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM 📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco 🎟️Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26 We're almost sold out so order your tickets now!
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2025 California Cool Climate Awards
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🌎✨Nancy Schneider & Peninsula Temple Beth El are this year’s Community Inspiration Award recipients!🎉 ☀️Nancy helped her congregation install #solar and now they are upgrading their HVAC system too! Temple Beth El is also active in the CA #MakePollutersPay campaign ✊
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Debbie also founded the Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA), a network of 20+ faith communities united for #ClimateAdvocacy & #EnvironmentalAction ✨Celebrate with us at CIPL's #CoolClimateAwards 📅 Sun. Oct 26, 2025 – 5PM 📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco 🎟️ Order tickets: tinyurl.com/10C26
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2025 California Cool Climate Awards
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🌟We’re celebrating Debbie Mytels & the Redwood City #UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship – the 2025 Climate Catalyst Award winners! 🎉 Debbie has transformed her congregation into a powerhouse of #ClimateAction – from greening their buildings to nurturing a zero-water-waste garden 🌿
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
⚡CPA's Energy Team is here to help you make informed decisions regarding #EnergyEfficiency & electrification upgrades. Watch our latest webinar with Clean Power Alliance to learn more! youtu.be/vMNY6Us7okg ☎️ Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam @cleanpowerinfo.bsky.social
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Building A Brighter, Cleaner Future With Clean Power Alliance
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
✨Come celebrate Rev. Tamm, LAFEN, and other climate champions at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025! 📅 Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM 📍Greens Restaurant, San Francisco 👉Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26
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2025 California Cool Climate Awards
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🌎✨The Rev Daniel Tamm & LA Faith & Ecology Network (LAFEN) are the 2025 #ClimateAdvocacy Award recipients! 🎉 📢LAFEN is amplifying the #interfaith voice by advocating for #ClimateJustice in Los Angeles & mobilizing grassroots action for the CA #MakePollutersPay Superfund Act
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"Increasing #FossilFuel use & slowing the transition to #CleanEnergy are just going to make us sicker with pollution & make our environment 'sicker' with floods, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels & more extreme fires." - Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, CIPL Faith Leader, LA tinyurl.com/MWF-article
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Letters to the Editor: We can’t let ‘anti-science’ push back our efforts to rein in climate change
'We should all be peppering our representatives to fight against this anti-science that’s going to harm us and encouraging them to convince their Republican colleagues to listen to the scientists,' wr...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Join us as we honor their inspiring #ClimateAction at the California #CoolClimateAwards 2025! 📅 Sunday, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM 📍 Greens Restaurant, San Francisco ✨ An evening of sustainable dining, community & inspiration 👉 Reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/10C26
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2025 California Cool Climate Awards
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Gary White & the Congregational Church, San Mateo are the 2025 Power & Light Award recipients! From installing #solar ☀️ to launching plastic #recycling ♻️ & creating a Solar Ambassador Program, Gary & CCSM are examples of a true climate church—leading with vision, hope & action
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Join us TODAY @ 12PM to meet leaders from Clean Power Alliance, the #1 green power provider in the US as designated by U.S. Dept. of Energy ⚡️ #CleanEnergy Join our Webinar at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Please join us in welcoming Donna Lee (she/her) to the CIPL team! 🎉 Donna is the new #TreeEquity Project Manager for Our Sacred Canopy. She's bringing her passion & leadership experience to expand #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateResilience through planting trees in areas that need it most 🌳💞
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We brought #FaithLeaders from across #California to the virtual halls of power in Sacramento to share the good news of #ClimateJustice! 🌍✊ Join the choir of voices speaking up & let your representatives know that as a person of faith you support: #SB254, #AB740, #SB57 & #AB1207 #Climate #Advocacy
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📢 #ElectricVehicles are becoming more & more affordable! Now you can save even more when you purchase or lease a pre-owned #EV 🤑 Learn how you can receive a rebate up to $4,000 with Southern California Edison at evrebates.sce.com #Faiths4Climate #NoFaithInFossilFuels #DriveClean #DriveElectric
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The #OneBigBeautifulBill (OB3) is reshaping the future of #solar & phasing out tax benefits for #HousesofWorship & #nonprofits In our latest webinar we discuss: ✅ What OB3 changed ✅ How to still save big w/ solar ✅ Key developments to watch ✅ Steps your org can take today 🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/df2eRHXb
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
CIPL endorse the CPA Energy Team⚡️ The Energy Team from Clean Power Alliance provides electrical guidance at no cost to residential customers, businesses, and non-profits including houses of worship. ☎️Contact the Energy Team at cleanpoweralliance.org/EnergyTeam
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🚨 ACTION ALERT🚨 Car & truck exhaust doesn’t just make it harder to breathe — it also causes & worsens asthma, cancer, & other chronic diseases. Stop the #EPArollbacks of federal standards for vehicle pollution 🚚💨 #CleanAirAct #Faith4Climate Sign the petition here: lnkd.in/dEPe_sW7
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
💧Their roots help prevent erosion, filter rainwater & keep rivers & groundwater cleaner 💞 Trees deepen our connection to the natural world! Check out our website & see if you (most likely) qualify 🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees #FreeTrees
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Congregation: Do We Qualify for Free Trees?
Thank you so much for your interest in CIPL's Our Sacred Canopy program with American Forest! Please fill out this request form to see if your congregation qualifies for free trees. Once CIPL verifi...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Why are we giving away FREE trees? 🌬️Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air & release oxygen, making our planet more breathable 🍃Their leafy canopies reduce heat, lower energy bills & make cities more livable in summer 🐿️Countless creatures rely on trees for shelter & food 🌳➡️ tinyurl.com/CIPLtrees
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
CIPL calls on truck and engine manufacturers to #KeepTheFaith and produce the affordable #CleanVehicles they promised to California. ⚡️🚛⚡️ #Faiths4Climate #Climate #CleanAir www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/...
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17 Groups Urge Truck Makers to Uphold CA Emissions Pact
A coalition of 17 environmental, health, and business groups sent a letter urging truck and engine manufacturers to reaffirm their commitment to the 2023 Clean Truck Partnership with CARB.
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fierce Urgency of Now: The Sun Is Setting on Federal Solar Incentives. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The recent passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OB3) rapidly phases out solar tax benefits and adds new restrictions for houses of worship and other nonprofits who want to go solar. An executive o...
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill will phase out solar tax benefits & add new restrictions for nonprofits who want to go #solar. Despite the challenges, we’ve charted a path forward that enables #HousesOfWorship to achieve their #CleanEnergy goals — if they act now. #OBBBA Webinar: tinyurl.com/b3xkwv85
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
CIPL is partnering with congregations & local leaders in Compton to build a #ResilienceHub & prepare for future #NaturalDisasters & climate related hardships. Thank you Bay Area Council for making this possible through the California Resilience Challenge grant! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxGsCPwyac
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Building Resilience in Compton and Watts
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California Interfaith Power & Light @interfaithpower.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
☀️California Interfaith Power & Light is honored to be among this amazing group of NGOs & grateful to BAAQMD James Cary Smith Community Grants program for the support.💞 Our project title is "Building Resilient Communities for Clean Air & Climate Action" #Faiths4Climate www.baaqmd.gov/en/news-and-...
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Air District awards $3.5 million in second cycle of James Cary Smith Community Grant Program
Air District awards $3.5 million in second cycle of James Cary Smith Community Grant Program
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