Put the Market to Work to Fight Climate Change (Blog) 4/23/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Diz Swift, member of the League of Women Voters of Berkeley-Albany-Emeryville Like me, you…
Celebrate Earth Day by Taking Action (Blog) 4/22/2015 In 1970, the first Earth Day launched a long crusade to protect our beautiful natural resources through such legislation as the Clean Air Act and the…
League Opposes Ratepayer Protection Act (Legal Document) 4/14/2015 April 28, 2015 Dear Representative, On behalf of our millions of members, the undersigned organizations urge you to oppose Representative Whitfield’s…
League Asks U.S. Representatives and Senators to cosponsor "Frack Pack" Bills (Legal Document) 3/20/2015 The League signed on to a letter asking U.S. Senators and Representatives to cosponsor legislation that would help protect the environment and public…
League Joins letter to EPA regarding Ozone Standards (Legal Document) 3/20/2015 The League joined over eighty-five 85+ environment groups, public health advocates, labor allies, environmental justice and civil rights…
Voting as a Dual Citizen (Blog) 3/12/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post by written by LWVUS intern Grace Palmer. Every election, my mom, a U.S. citizen living abroad, never fails to…
8 Throwback Pictures of Empowering Voters – Then & Now! (Blog) 3/11/2015 This post is part of “Celebrating Women: Past, Present & Future,” the League’s series honoring Women’s History Month. This year, the League of…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CRYOSPHERE (Legal Document) 3/9/2015 The LWVUS Climate Change Task Force has developed a background paper for League members and others on the projected impacts of climate change on the…
League Thanks President for Veto of Legislation Approving KXL Pipeline (Legal Document) 3/4/2015 The League joined coalition partners on a letter thanking President Obama for his veto of legislation that would force approval of the Keystone XL…
U.S. Senate Fails to Override Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline (Press Release) 3/4/2015 Washington, DC - “We are pleased that today the U.S. Senate was unable to override the President’s veto on the Keystone XL pipeline legislation,”…