Thanks to ELCA Advocacy for this call to action—and no need to be Lutheran to act! Join faith leaders in contacting Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R.4). Send a customized message today through the ELCA Action … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/rainfall-observed-peak-greenland-ice-sheet-first-time-record “What is going on is not simply a warm decade or two in a wandering climate pattern. This is unprecedented,” said one climate scientist. JAKE JOHNSON August 20, 2021 This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation’s … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/out-control-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-hits-highest-level-decade “At this rate, we will not be able to keep global warming below 1.5ºC, a target defined in the Paris agreement,” said the conservation institute Imazon. BRETT WILKINS August 20, 2021 Encouraged by President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Black Women’s Equal Pay Day—the day that marks approximately how far into the next year Black women need to work to earn pay equal to what a white man made in the previous year—fell on August 3 this year. In the wake of COVID-19, what does … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/nearly-half-worlds-children-extremely-high-risk-facing-effects-climate-crisis-report “Virtually no child’s life will be unaffected” by the climate emergency, said the director of UNICEF. JULIA CONLEY August 20, 2021 On Friday, the third anniversary of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg’s lone protest outside the Swedish Parliament, a … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-08-23/water/legislation-could-bring-funding-to-pa-for-chesapeake-bay-cleanup/a75468-1 August 23, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA)Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is behind on its goal to reduce pollution into Chesapeake Bay, and clean-water proponents say legislation in Harrisburg focused on … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/19/feds-targeted-blm-activists-foil-racial-justice-protests-report “The federalization of protest-related charges was a deliberate and cynical effort to target and discourage those who protested in defense of Black lives.” KENNY STANCIL August 19, 2021 As Black Lives Matter protests grew across the U.S. following … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Phase 1: Phone calls Targets: Angela Kelley, Senior Immigration Counselor (202) 941-1232 Rep. Nadler (202) 225-5635 Rep. Lofgren (202) 225-3072 Sample script: I am calling to urge the Biden administration to close the Berks immigrant … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Last Friday, participants on a Zoom call watched in horror as a Florida woman was killed on camera, shot in the head by her own toddler. The child had found a loaded gun, kept in the apartment … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Please send a message at https://secure.everyaction.com/sGyilODGFEyGVGNjErS94g2 and tell President Biden: Walk away from Willow oil drilling and help secure our clean energy future. This week a federal court delivered a huge win for communities, our … Continued