From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Mature and old-growth trees provide critical wildlife habitat, preserve biodiversity, cleanse our water and air, promote healthy soil, and keep huge amounts of climate-warming carbon from being released into the atmosphere. But a new bill in Congress … Continued
The climate crisis is here, and people are feeling the consequences now. Join the call for climate justice without modern slavery NOW at https://www.freedomunited.org/advocate/climate-justice-modern-slavery/! Climate induced migration and displacement are putting populations on the frontlines of the climate crisis at increased … Continued
From the Trade Justice Education Fund (https://tradejusticeedfund.org/): Officials from the U.S. and Europe are meeting in Washington, DC next month for a round of trade negotiations that could have a major impact on future green jobs initiatives. Please join us … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): You know what’s scary this Halloween? Oil company quarterly profits! With families paying sky-high prices and our planet burning, Big Oil execs are pocketing record profits(1) and funneling millions to pro-oil politicians.(2) Tell President Biden … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): This past month during Faiths 4 Climate Justice, you’ve shown how much you care about climate change. Now, we’re calling on world leaders to show that they care too. Send a Message to COP27 at https://greenfaith.org/fossil-fuel-non-proliferation-treaty-sign-the-faith-letter/: We … Continued
From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): The STREAM Act is a popular, bipartisan bill to clean up toxic water pollution from abandoned mines. It sailed through the U.S. House this summer, but the U.S. Senate is running out of time to act! … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Compared to just a couple of decades ago, only a tiny fraction remains of the monarch butterflies that migrate across the United States every year. If these iconic pollinators are to avoid extinction — if we’re to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering stripping Southern sea otters of their Endangered Species Act protections. Southern sea otters were decimated in the early 1900s by the maritime fur trade. In 1977, the Southern … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): As our climate-changed and changing world continues to demand courage, imagination, and resourcefulness, congregations and their leaders have a unique opportunity to offer voices of truth and possibility. With their skills and community connections, preachers … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/25/not-single-global-indicator-track-reverse-deforestation-2030-analysis There is no way to limit global warming to 1.5°C unless the world stops felling trees to make space for cattle ranching, monocropping, and other harmful practices, experts warn. KENNY STANCIL October 25, 2022 Although halting and … Continued