Pre-shabbat action

Make climate action a regular habit, and connect that action to your Jewish values and practices.

Pre-shabbat action of the week

Shabbat Shalom!  The longest day of the year is this weekend - you’ll have plenty of time to soak up some sun AND take some quick, meaningful climate action before Shabbat!

You may remember that one of our NYS climate victories from last year was the repeal of the 100-foot rule, which required utility companies to extend gas hookups to new buildings that were within 100 feet of a gas line.  The costs for this were passed on to ratepayers through higher utility bills, and the repeal was a real win for both climate and affordability.  The repeal takes effect this December, and the Public Service Commission just released draft regulations and is holding a public comment period until June 26.  It’s important that we keep our eye on the ball until the law goes into effect and show widespread public support for these regulations - click here to submit a comment to the PSC now!

Idea to Ponder:

Parshat Korach opens with the words, “And Korach took…” Yet the Torah never tells us exactly what he took. Perhaps that ambiguity points to the heart of Korach’s mistake: a posture of taking rather than giving, replenishing, or sustaining. His greed-driven rebellion ends with the earth swallowing him and his followers—a powerful reminder of the consequences of exploitation. As we confront the climate crisis, the Torah calls us toward a different path: care instead of greed, sharing instead of taking, and the common good instead of self-interest.