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-…
CEO's Remarks at NCBCP Voting Rights and Reproductive Justice Call to Action (Blog) 5/25/2022 On June 25, the League's CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined Black Women Leaders and Allies, an arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic…
Op-Ed: Equal Access to Reproductive Rights (News Clips) 5/11/2022 This op-ed was originally published in the News & Observer. The members of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina celebrated Mother’s Day…
Remarks on the Leaked Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion (Blog) 5/5/2022 On Tuesday, May 5, the League's national organizing director, Alma Couverthie, spoke on the steps of the Supreme Court regarding the leaked draft…, Those of us who believe in the promise of our democracy also believe in the power of elected officials to protect the rights of the people. Yet this…, Abortion rights are rooted in the implied Constitutional right to privacy. If Roe and Planned Parenthood are overturned, other personal…, Our ability to participate in our democracy is dependent on our autonomy over our own bodies. The League of Women Voters signed on as amicus…
Rally held in West Palm Beach to fight Roe v. Wade reversal (News Clips) 5/3/2022 This story was originally published on WPTV.com. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Demonstrators chanted with a shared message Tuesday outside the federal…
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…
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…