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Faith Begets Civic Activism
The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project affirms that religiously active people are more likely to engage in civic activities than others. The authors say their findings counter the view that religiously active people are less engaged with the secular world. The report found that 40 percent
of Americans engage in some form of religious activity such as going to a church, synagogue or mosque, and feel better about their place in the larger civic community. They tend to be more trusting of others and more optimistic about their impact on their community and are more active in groups. Religious teachings have a com- ponent of helping others at their core, points out Eugene Fisher, a professor of Catholic-Jewish studies at Saint Leo University, in Florida. “Civic participation would be a natural result of that push to help your fellow man,” he says. The study similarly reveals a high
level of digital participation by religiously engaged folks. Media expert Paul Levin- son, author of New New Media, says, “The Internet is an amplifier of all that each of us are in our humanity.”
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Breathe Easier Great Days for Clean Air
For nearly 100 years, discharges from two of Edison International’s coal plants have polluted the air over the city of Chicago, exposing area families to dan- gerous levels of chemicals while adding to the Earth’s greenhouse gases. But the people fought back and won, because
the city has quit using coal. For more than 10 years, Chicago
residents have been demanding their right to clean air and a safe climate. Now, the Fisk coal plant, in Pilsen, and the Crawford operation, in Little Vil- lage, will shut down in 2012 and 2014, respectively.
Clean air activists in Ohio and
Pennsylvania recently claimed simi- lar victories. Utility provider GenOn will close seven coal plants in the
two states, including one in Portland, Pennsylvania, which has been deemed responsible for more than 500 asthma attacks and 54 heart attacks. “These victories are not only for the people of Chicago, Ohio and Pennsylvania, but for local activists all over the country that are working to shut down dirty coal plants in their communities,” says Kelly Mitchell, of Greenpeace, in celebrating the announcement.
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