Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee v. Pennsylvania Department of State (Legal Case) 5/12/2023
Election Day With LWV's Debra Cronmiller (News Clips) 4/4/2023 This interview originally aired on WORT FM. It’s election day. If you haven’t voted yet–polls close at 8pm. Remember if you are in line at 8, stay…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Support DC Statehood (Legal Document) 3/31/2023 DC statehood is critical to our democracy, and support for DC statehood means allowing the people of DC to be fully represented and have their voices…
What’s going on with Moore v. Harper? (Blog) 3/28/2023 Updated June 27, 2023 LWVUS and Leagues representing all 50 states and DC filed an amicus brief in Moore v. Harper last year. The case…, North Carolina legislators appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. The legislators argued that the North Carolina…, On November 8, 2022, the political composition of the North Carolina Supreme Court flipped to a Republican majority. Three months later, the court…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate…
LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry…
We Need Local Climate Action Plans (Blog) 1/31/2023 This blog was written by Lora Lucero of the League's Climate Action Group A concerted global effort is needed to fight climate change, yet global…, As everyday citizens, we can get involved in fighting climate change at the local level. We encourage you to promote the above actions and processes…
Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 Disclaimer: This blog post references conversations about “women and girls” that generally focused on cisgender people. Trans and nonbinary folks and…, Gender and the Impact of Climate Change At COP27’s side events focused on gender and climate change, speakers across multiple panels explained…, Limited access to sexual and reproductive health and rights results in reduced spacing between births and increased unplanned or undesired…, Women must also be involved in climate change response decision-making, as their participation is associated with better climate action and outcomes…, The UN writes that “climate justice... looks at the climate crisis through a human rights lens.” People who are most impacted by climate change are…