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In a Decisive Election, a Jewish Group Focuses on Climate Voters

Dayenu, a nonprofit group, is mobilizing Jews around a threat that organizers warn every walk of life on earth must confront: climate change. by Cara Buckley | The New York...

Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as ‘a sacred duty’

The Washington Post

by Fiona Murphy | The Washington Post and Associated Press In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four...

On Yom Kippur, a Jewish case for fossil fuel divestment

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | October 10, 2024 by Sammy Roth, Climate Columnist “See, I have set before you this day life and death, blessing and curse — and [you should]...

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Lee Zeldin, the first Jewish EPA administrator, needs a refresher on Jewish values

eJewishPhilantrophy

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has kept the Environmental Protection Agency in his crosshairs. Although it’s rarely front-page news, the EPA — led by Lee Zeldin, the first Jewish...

Gov. Hochul, Stop Blocking a Greener Future and Implement Cap-and-Invest

Common Dreams

Those fires of November 2024 made clear something we as New Yorkers have been largely ignoring since Superstorm Sandy: The frontlines of the climate crisis have reached the Big Apple....

Letters to the Editor: New EPA chief’s directives ‘will accelerate the rush toward climate catastrophe’

Los Angeles Times

No, Administrator Lee Zeldin, the point of the Environmental Protection Agency is not to make cars cheaper or businesses more profitable (“Trump’s EPA takes steps to roll back dozens of...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin: Polluting our planet for profit is not a Jewish value

Dayenu’s Rabbi Jennie Rosenn reacts to devastating announcements from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Since he stepped into the role of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin has shown...

Faith leaders call on New York Governor Hochul to prioritize climate justice immediately

Dozens of climate activists gathered at the New York State Capitol on March 10 to raise the voices of faith leaders to demand climate justice for all New Yorkers. The...

Jews excel at collective organizing. The LA fires are a call to rally resources to fight climate change

The Jewish Daily Forward

Southern California’s Jewish community, the second largest in the United States, is reeling. At least two synagogues have been damaged or destroyed. Schools have burned to the ground. Family homes have...

Here’s How To Help People In The L.A. Fires

TC Jewfolk

“While this fire follows a string of others that have ravaged large swaths of America’s west coast, we need not let this become ‘the new normal,’” Rosenn said.

With new Trump administration, Jewish progressives seek non-Jewish partners — but find it increasingly tricky amid rising antisemitism