IPL (DC.MD.NoVA)

📞 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/Mem…

🚨🚨🚨 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.

Look up your delegates: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/mem…

🚨🚨🚨 📞 Call Speaker @JPenaMelnyk at (410) 841-3800 and YOUR delegates and urge them to protect EmPOWER Maryland. 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 homes.

“Average bicarbonate levels in this population show an increasing trend which parallels rising atmospheric CO2concentrations … If these trends continue, blood bicarbonate values could be at the limit of the accepted healthy range in half a century.”

And check out a Maryland Matters article featuring our NO2 testing team: marylandmatters.org/2024/10/05/ren…

Unbelievable scene in the Calverton area tonight. Neighbors describe a loud explosion, & now this huge gas fire is burning on Cherry Hill Road near the intersection with Powder Mill. @PGFDNews says 1 person taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.

🚨Today, environmental, consumer, and faith advocates gathered in Annapolis calling on elected officials to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy and protect the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (SEIF)! #mdga2026 #cleaneBetty #EnergyEfficiency #ProtectSEIF

Visit ipldmv.org/lent or ipldmv.org/ramadan 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.

We wish a blessed Ramadan to all who observe!

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:16-17

ICYMI: We crushed 2025! 🚀 From powering communities to driving clean energy innovation, the Montgomery County Green Bank is making big moves, and the best is yet to come! 🌱💡 Check out our full 2025 Annual Report and see how we’re building a cleaner, brighter future for everyone: ow.ly/VSyq50XS3ev

Happy New Year's Eve from the Maryland Energy Administration🎉✨ Let us know your clean energy resolutions for 2026 🎊

🎄✨ Wishing a peaceful Christmas to all who celebrate. May this season of light and renewal inspire compassion for our communities, our watershed, and the earth that sustains us.

Big win for climate justice in Maryland! 🌎💪The General Assembly just *overrode the veto* of the #RENEWAct. @katiefryhester @fraserfor15 @AdrianBoafoMD @LCharkoudian Full story: ccanactionfund.org/in-major-win-f… #ClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay #MDPolitics

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.