Save the Date! Faith Climate Action Week April 19 – 28, 2024

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Save the Date! Join National IPL’s annual premier week of worship and action focused on climate – #FaithClimateActionWeek April 19-28, 2024.
This year’s theme is “Common Ground: Cultivating Connections between our Faith, our Food, and our Climate.” We’ll examine our responsibility to use agricultural practices that safeguard our Sacred Earth and how our faiths call us to respond with just solutions for all. Make it a focus of your Earth Day worship services and be part of the solution with the suggested actions in the organizer’s kit.
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Video of Webinar for Advanced Clean Vehicle Standards

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IPL New Mexico & El Paso hosted a webinar on Wednesday, October 11, featuring comments from experts as we prepare for upcoming hearings on ACC II standards in November. Adoption of these standards is a critical step toward electrification of our state transportation system. Special guests: Lilliana Castillo and Warner Anderson, MD, FACP (Fellow of the American College of Physicians).

Board-Co Chair (EV owner) to gas stations: ‘I don’t need you’

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When it was time for our family to get a new car in 2018, I knew there was no other option for us than an electric vehicle . For our family and future, it was essential to know that we could get around safely, affordably, and without polluting our community’s air.

For the past five years, I have easily gotten around in my Chevy Bolt and I feel comfortable knowing I am not contributing to our air quality crisis. Not only that, I find it easy and fun to drive. As gas prices remain volatile, I love driving by gas stations and waving, “I don’t need you!”  -Ann McCartney, IPL board co-chair in opinion piece posted in Albuquerque Journal on Sunday, Oct. 8

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