Don’t have Earth Day plans? 🌎

Join us tomorrow evening at Crow’s Nest in downtown Baltimore at 6:30pm for our Green Jams open mic event! Come to hear & maybe share music, poetry, comedy, or any other blessings for all, as we do our best to care for our common home.

RSVP now at bit.ly/iplgreenjams!

At Crow’s Nest Baltimore on 4/22 at 6:30pm, join Interfaith Power & Light DMV for an Earth Day Green Jams open mic event! Come to hear and maybe share music, poetry, comedy, or any other blessings for all, as we do our best to care for our common home.

Get your free ticket at bit.ly/iplgreenjams!

Hear neighbors’ performances in the midst of Crow’s Nest’s spring exhibit: Solarpunk! This open mic is a chance to imagine a way forward, hope together, and have fun.
All are welcome; no pressure to perform; all invited to share. Crow’s Nest has limited seating so register now for your free ticket!

Celebrate Earth Day with Interfaith Power & Light DMV’s Green Jams open mic event at Crow's Nest Baltimore on 4/22 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM! Come to hear & maybe share music, poetry, comedy, or any other blessings for all, as we do our best to care for our common home. RSVP now at bit.ly/iplgreenjams!

Call your state Senator TODAY to *protect* the critical help provided by the EmPOWER program! Find your Senator here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/M...

Comment to let us know how it goes.

We’ve been working hard in MD to electrify our congregations and homes and shift to clean energy. We need all the help we can get, especially as federal incentives have been taken away, and the EmPOWER program makes all the difference. HB 1532, the Utility RELIEF Act, may put this program at risk.

📞 Please call YOUR delegates NOW and tell them we want to see this bill move in the House. Find your delegates here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/M...

🚨🚨🚨 Solar panels do so much good for our congregations and communities, and the Affordable Solar Act would make that more possible. But now, some House leaders aren’t sure anymore that there’s enough support to move this bill this session.

📞 Call Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk at (410) 841-3800 and YOUR delegates and urge them to protect EmPOWER Maryland.

Look up your delegates: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/m...

Tell us how it goes in the comments!

We need your help. 🚨🚨🚨 Please join us in speaking out against HB 1532, the Utility RELIEF Act -- which delegates plan to vote on Tuesday! -- which would drastically cut funding for EmPOWER Maryland, a key program that helps us undertake energy upgrades in our congregations and our homes. 🚨🚨🚨

'It's personal': Maryland climate groups defend energy dollars amid budget pinch - Maryland Matters Environmental groups rallied Thursday to protect the Strategic Energy Investment Fund, a utility-funded program created to help cut power bills and lower greenhouse gas emissions, but increasingly use...

Environmental groups rallied Thursday to protect the Strategic Energy Investment Fund, a utility-funded program created to help cut power bills and lower greenhouse gas emissions, but increasingly used by state officials to balance the state budget.
marylandmatters.org/2026/02/26/p...

Visit ipldmv.org/lent or ipldmv.org/ramadan to see to see excellent resources from partners and download calendars from previous years.

While IPL-DMV didn’t produce custom Lent and Ramadan calendars for 2026, we welcome all of those embracing these sacred seasons as an opportunity to engage their churches or mosques in reflection and action for our common home.

🏛️ The 2026 Virginia General Assembly is officially underway!

We’ve created a one-stop General Assembly Hub to help you stay informed and take action all session long.

Stay engaged from day one—visit the hub and be part of the work ahead.

👉 faithforclimate.org/general-asse...

Though vetoed at first, today we celebrate the override of the RENEW Act veto and commit ourselves to the work of justice and repair ahead!

Guided by faith and care for our common home, across Maryland we raised our voices to hold the biggest polluters accountable. Our leaders testified and advocated in Annapolis to pass HB 128, a critical study of the harm climate polluters cause to all of us.

Even as we’re stuck for now inside systems that still burn fuel and damage our common home, Interfaith Power & Light’s team is on the ground in our communities, affirming that everyone deserves to breathe clean air.

Can you give to sustain this sacred work? Go to ipldmv.org/donate to give now.

IPL-DMV is emboldening 12,000 people in over 1,800 diverse congregations to imagine a world beyond fuel combustion, and we can work together to make our vision real.

We rely on donations from the folks we serve. Can you make a gift to support our sacred work? Go to ipldmv.org/donate to give now.

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💡 Ready to take faithful action for a cleaner, equitable energy future? 💡

Join us for an Energy Justice Town Hall on December 6: Understanding & Shaping Our Energy System! 🌍💚

🔗 Don’t miss out! Today is the last day to reserve your spot! ➡️ bit.ly/DecEJTownHall

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“You serve US, the breathing public!”

IPL-DMV director Joelle Novey spoke Tuesday at a rally outside DC’s PSC to demand they stop Washington Gas’ dangerous Project Pipes plan. We say NO to more gas infrastructure that harms our communities and our right to breathe clean air!

Today we joined Rev. Dell Hinton and partners from the Clean Heat Coalition to call on @govwesmoore.bsky.social to finalize strong Clean Heat Rules. We all deserve to breathe clean air at home, and it’s time to replace polluting fuel-burning furnaces w/efficient heat pumps. marylandcleanheat.org

Workshops: Sacred Grounds Growing Joy Please register below to participate in the Fall 2025 In-Person Workshops for Sacred Grounds Growing Joy. Please bring another member of your congregation with you, if possible, and feel free to invit...

Join us for one of these free workshops:

- This Saturday, October 11th, 1-5 pm in Washington, DC
- Saturday, November 1st, 1-5 pm in Prince George’s County

Register: bit.ly/GrowingJoyWorkshops

(Online option available for both; in-person attendance includes tour and free native plants!)

Is your congregation in Prince George’s or Montgomery counties or DC? If yes, join an upcoming workshop to enroll your congregation in our Sacred Grounds “Growing Joy” program through @nationalwildlife.bsky.social!

Register: bit.ly/GrowingJoyWorkshops

As BGE and Washington Gas share their WARMTH Act pilot projects with the Maryland Public Service Commission today, Action in Montgomery/Maryland Just Power Alliance and IPL-DMV congregations are standing with our neighbors at Northwest Park Apartments. We’re PUMPED for neighborhood geothermal in MD!

Kitchen stoves shouldn't poison us. But they do. Joelle Novey explains why—and how joy, chocolate fondue, and Flintstones cosplay fuel the fight. Full ep: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8...
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This past Sunday, we encouraged folks at IFCMW’s Interfaith Unity Walk to make #SacredHaste for clean energy projects in their homes and congregations. Join them by visiting ipldmv.org/now! What will you do to make Sacred Haste?