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Religious Leaders Promote Energy Conservation
E ig h ty -o n e relig io u s le a d
ers in O regon have jo in e d o v er
1,100 colleagues nationw ide in
a le tte r to ev ery U .S. S en ato r
ca llin g fo r “en e rg y c o n s e rv a
tion, fuel efficien cy , and a lte r
nate energy d ev e lo p m e n t to
p ro te c t G o d ’s c re a tio n and
G o d ’s c h ild re n .”
Against the backdrop o f ef
forts against terrorism, the call for
energy conservation stresses “the
intimate link between the safety o f
our people and the reliability o f
our energy system.”
The Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar,
general secretary o f the National
Council ofChurches in Christ, said,
“W e’re telling our Senators that
energy conservation is necessary
for homeland security as well as
environmental protection andjus-
tice.”
Oregon religious leaders have
established the state Interfaith
Global Warming and Energy Cam
paign.
“Our message to Senators Smith
and Wyden is that God calls us to
protect all o f creation and that
energy conservation is an impor
tant way to honor our covenant
with our God,” said The Rev. John
Huenik, Clerk o f the Presbytery o f
the Cascades, a faith body that
recently passed a resolution call
ing for effective policies to slow
global warming.
As the U.S. Senate begins de
bate on its energy legislation, the
national religious leaders and 2 1
state campaigns are specifically
calling upon the Senate to sub
stantially increase fuel efficiency
for all vehicles and encourage the
auto industry to produce vehicles
using hybrid-electric, fuel cell, and
other clean technologies; and pro
vide consumer incentives for their
purchase.
Other demands call for the op
position to drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge; the in
vestment o f more resources in
renewable energy sources such
as wind, geothermal, solar, and
biomass technologies; including
carbon dioxide as a regulated pol
lutant from power plants; and in
creasing funds for low-income
energy assistance and inner-city
rail and mass transit.
According to the Oregon De
partment o f Energy, 35 percent o f
Oregon’s contribution o f carbon
dioxide comes from transporta
tion fuels.
Jon Geffen, a general manager
at Ron Tonkin Dealerships in Port
land, who specializes in hybrid
and alternative fuel autos notes,
“Since we already have the tech
nology necessary to reduce oil
consumption, it would be a quick
transition to its implementation in
o b itu a r ie s
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new vehicles, thus reducing our
dependence on foreign oil.”
According to Rabbi Rose o f
Congregation Beth Israel in Port
land, "The Jewish community, as
with many communities o f faith,
takes seriously the protection o f
the poor and vulnerable. Given
that climate change is certain to
cause unthinkable suffering, not
just for humankind but for all o f
creation, we have an obligation to
take action and to urge our politi
cal leaders to do so as well.”
The local campaign is coordi
nated by Ecum enical M inistries
o f O regon, in partnership with
Northwest Jewish Environm en
tal Project.
EMO is a statew ide associa
tion o f 17 Christian denom ina
tions including Protestant, Ro
man Catholic and Orthodox bod
ies working together to improve
the lives o f all Oregonians.
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 9,2002, in Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church in Portland for Ira Jackson, who died
March 4 at age 86.
Mr. Jackson was bom June 16,1915, in Ida, La. He moved to
Portland in the 1950s and was a construction laborer who worked
out o f Local 300.
He was also a senior deacon in the church. He returned to
Portland from California in 1993. In 1942, he married Eula Mae
Washington; she died in 1998.
Survivors include his sister, Elizabeth; nieces and nephews.
Remembrances to the church. Arrangements by Killingsworth
Little Chapel o f the Chimes.
Barbara McKnight
Funeral services were held M onday at the K illingsw orth
Little Chapel o f the Chim es for Barbara Ison M cK night who
died Feb. 23.
She was bom April 2 5 ,1 9 3 4 in San Diego, Calif, to the late
Rufus and L eola Bell.
Barbara was a m em ber o f Bishop D aniel’s Church for many
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chologist; Dr. James Small, an-
th ro p o lo g is t/h is to ria n ; Dr.
Anderson Thompson, historian;
Bob Law, former national talk
show host; Charles Tisdale, pub
lisher o f the Jackson Advocate
N ew s in Ja c k so n , M iss.;
Stephanie Parker Weaver, execu
tive secretary o f SCLC; and Dr.
Adam Green, professor o f his
tory.
To learn more about the 2002
National Reparations Conven
tion in Chicago, call 773-373-
1900, o r go o n lin e to
www.reparationsnow.org.
march under the theme “Restitu
tion, Resolution and R epara
tions!”
T he in d iv id u a ls in clu d e:
Charles Ogletree, professor o f law
at Harvard University; Ambassa
dor Carol Moseley Braun; Dr.
MicheleGoodwin, law professor;
Dr. Claud Anderson, author o f
“Black Labor - White Wealth”;
James Allen, author o f “Without
Sanctuary”; Dr. William Hardy,
professor o f religion and ethics at
Tennessee State University; Dr.
Wade Nobles, psychologist and
author; Dr. Harvette Gray, psy
the National Reparations Con
vention Committee, was chosen
to speak at the regional gather
ing because o f her monumental
efforts at making Chicago the
first city to hold an official gov
ernment-sponsored hearing on
slavery.
She supports Conyers’ bill
and other programs for just com
pensation to black descendants
o f African slaves.
An outspoken panel o f 15
speakers will lend their voice to
next w eek’s convention and
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