Fresh off addressing the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church on Saturday and leading a workshop after his address, Ronald Newman took an hour to discuss with Presbyterian News Service why he’d journeyed from Washington, D.C., to Louisville: among his tasks is disseminating ways of helping places of worship, other nonprofits, individuals and businesses to invest in clean energy and save on their energy bills by tapping into the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated under the Inflation Reduction Act, also known as IRA.
Mid-Kentucky Presbytery is one of the 18 national Interfaith Power & Light 2023 Cool Congregations Challenge awarded a $500 runner-up award. The annual contest accepts applications from religious congregations and organizations around the United States doing work to address global warming by reducing their carbon footprint as they create models of sustainability within their communities.