Clean Cars:
Religious leaders and other people of faith are advocating for Cleaner Cars and a future of zero-emission!
Cleaner cars means protecting our environment and addressing the disproportionate impacts climate emissions have on the health of Communities of Color often closest to freeways and heavily trafficked roads. With a clear climate justice argument, we asked the Jewish community to show up alongside our partners in historically Black churches who were out in full force to support better mileage and less pollution by submitting a comment to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration!
Cleaner cars means protecting our environment and addressing the disproportionate impacts climate emissions have on the health of Communities of Color often closest to freeways and heavily trafficked roads. With a clear climate justice argument, we asked the Jewish community to show up alongside our partners in historically Black churches who were out in full force to support better mileage and less pollution by submitting a comment to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration!
Religious leaders and other people of faith have also been working at the state level, like in California, to enact Advance Clean Car Standards!
The Jewish and faith community must prioritize solutions for pollutions at the federal, state, and local levels. 12 states and the District of Columbia have already finalized Advanced Clean Car Standards (ACCII), and California must be added to this list! We asked the Jewish community to submit a comment in support of this important effort!
The Jewish and faith community must prioritize solutions for pollutions at the federal, state, and local levels. 12 states and the District of Columbia have already finalized Advanced Clean Car Standards (ACCII), and California must be added to this list! We asked the Jewish community to submit a comment in support of this important effort!
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS:
Throughout 2024, we helped lead the push to solidify Biden-era advances. Until January 2025, our priorities included:
The Jewish Community met with offices during Tu Bishvat, 2023 to advocate for strong Climate Solutions:
In partnership with the Jewish Earth Alliance, COEJL was able to support a successful Lobby Day, engaging over 325 Jews to meet with 35 Senate offices in support of: the Environmental Justice for All Act, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, and climate funding in the Farm Bill!
- Tell the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that you believe workers deserve strong protections from the increasingly hazardous heat! Comments on their proposed Heat Rule are invited through the end of the year, and we want numerous people of faith to weigh in on this clear linkage of climate adaptation efforts with social justice and human dignity. it only takes a minute! Portal for comments forthcoming (before Rosh Hashanah) through our allies with the National Religious Partnership on the Environment, or submit your thoughts now via this announcement of the public comment period. For fuller context read here, in our News & Blogs.
- Tell FEMA ([email protected]) that heat and smoke are federal emergencies; one line is enough, and the more the better! This key agency must treat heat and wildfire smoke as the major - and growing due to climate disruption - disasters that they are. Amplify on social media too: "Extreme heat and wildfire smoke cost lives. @fema must recognize extreme heat & wildfire smoke as the major disasters they are, and invest in life-saving solutions like community solar, climate resilience hubs, & air filtration systems.
- Back up the Administration on its recent raft of rules & regulations (like cleaner cars standards and power plant rules) which promote environmental justice, public health, and climate resilience. Let's create a groundswell of support! Write the EPA and White House: "thank you; and, please stay strong"...
The Jewish Community met with offices during Tu Bishvat, 2023 to advocate for strong Climate Solutions:
In partnership with the Jewish Earth Alliance, COEJL was able to support a successful Lobby Day, engaging over 325 Jews to meet with 35 Senate offices in support of: the Environmental Justice for All Act, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, and climate funding in the Farm Bill!
30 Jewish non-profit organizations urged Congress to stand firm on robust funding for Climate Programs:
National and local organizations guided by our Jewish traditions share a core mission: to protect our planet and all those who inhabit it, including marginalized communities who disproportionately experience the harms of climate change. During negotiations of the budget, we wanted our Members of Congress to understand that they needs to prioritize a path toward an equitable, healthy, and safe world where all can thrive.
National and local organizations guided by our Jewish traditions share a core mission: to protect our planet and all those who inhabit it, including marginalized communities who disproportionately experience the harms of climate change. During negotiations of the budget, we wanted our Members of Congress to understand that they needs to prioritize a path toward an equitable, healthy, and safe world where all can thrive.
FORESTS:
Protecting mature and old-growth forests and trees will mean a cleaner and healthier future!
In partnership with the Climate Forest Campaign, COEJL submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on their Notice of Intent for a National Forest Plan Amendment to Conserve and Steward Old Growth Forests, specifically advocating for inclusion of stronger language that includes protecting mature growth, and ends all logging projects planned by the National Forest System.
In partnership with the Climate Forest Campaign, COEJL submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on their Notice of Intent for a National Forest Plan Amendment to Conserve and Steward Old Growth Forests, specifically advocating for inclusion of stronger language that includes protecting mature growth, and ends all logging projects planned by the National Forest System.
PUBLIC LAND:
Join 200+ nonprofit organizations in supporting the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historic Park!
To recognize Julius Rosenwald and the thousands of African Americans who became luminaries within areas of politics, literature, art, and more, the goal of the Rosenwald Park Campaign is to establish a visitor center in Chicago and a small number of Rosenwald Schools as a multi-site National Park. We invite you to join COEJL in celebrating "the contributions to our collective heritage of an immigrant family, the power of partnership building, and the value of education as an essential equalizing force in society."
To recognize Julius Rosenwald and the thousands of African Americans who became luminaries within areas of politics, literature, art, and more, the goal of the Rosenwald Park Campaign is to establish a visitor center in Chicago and a small number of Rosenwald Schools as a multi-site National Park. We invite you to join COEJL in celebrating "the contributions to our collective heritage of an immigrant family, the power of partnership building, and the value of education as an essential equalizing force in society."