Voter advocates file complaint against Tippecanoe County election board (News Clips) 7/21/2022 This article was originally published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette,…
The League Responds to SEC Proposal to Require Climate Risk Disclosure (Legal Document) 6/15/2022 The Securities and Exchange Commission requested public comments on a proposed amendment to the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of…
The Economic Cost of Climate Change (Blog) 6/9/2022 This blog was written by Diz Swift, Dan Zalles, and Carolyn Caywood Carbon emissions are causing widespread and potentially irreversible…, Climate Impacts are Not Equitable It’s important to remember that the costs of climate change are not distributed equally. In the US, low-…
LWVUS and LWVUT Support the Preservation of Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and Reserve (Legal Document) 4/25/2022 The League of Women Voters US and the League of Women Voters of Utah wrote a letter to Sec. Deb Haaland urging the reversal of the previous…
LWVUS Urges Climate Action in the Senate (Legal Document) 4/21/2022 Following a new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicating the importance of international governments…
How Changing Our Economy Can Protect Our Planet (Blog) 4/20/2022 This Earth Day, many of us are asking one question: “What is my role in addressing climate change?” We see countless articles listing the “top ten…, Linear processes “take, make, and waste,” by taking materials from the earth, making a product, and moving it to a landfill at the end of its useful…
League Of Women Voters Registers Nearly 1,200 Area High School Students (News Clips) 4/4/2022 This story was originally published on the Chattanoogan.com. The League of Women Voters of Chattanooga announces they have registered nearly 1,200…
Climate Change Threats to Food and Water (Blog) 3/17/2022 Prepared by members of the League of Women Voters Climate Interest Group, Water Team and Food, Soils, and Agriculture Team The assumption that…, Agriculture: An Ever-Changing Landscape (Literally) Our nation’s agricultural land covers almost 1,000 million acres – that’s more than 35% of…