The Environment

LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Air Quality (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined 60 partnering organizations in a letter to members of Congress in opposition to S.J. Res 31/H.J. Res 69. This resolution would roll back EPA's Good Neighbor Plan.

Food Waste: Why it Matters & What We Can Do (Blog)

Over one-third of the food produced in the US is never consumed — it is wasted. Food waste means all resources to grow the food are also wasted — energy, labor, water, and fertilizers. The energy loss alone is enough to power 50 million homes annually.

AANHPI Activist You Should Know: Kristy Drutman (Blog)

Kristy Drutman, also known as “Browngirl Green,” is a speaker, media producer, and environmental justice activist. She co-founded the Green Jobs Board, a digital platform to help folks around the country find jobs and resources in the environmental space.

LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate-smart agriculture and conservation in the 2023 Farm Bill.

LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document)

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)

A concerted global effort is needed to fight climate change, yet global commitments to reduce carbon emissions are inadequate and slow.

Local, regional, and state efforts are needed to step up the pace. Local governments have an important responsibility to move our communities in the right direction. And that requires a plan.

Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog)

In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change disproportionately affects women and girls, who are insufficiently represented in climate change response decision-making.

Boise's Shiva Rajbhandari debriefs us on COP27 (News Clips)

As an official representative of the national League of Women Voters, Shiva Rajbhandari talked to Boise State Public Radio about the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Native American Activist You Should Know: Naelyn Pike (Blog)

Naelyn Pike is a 23-year-old Chiricahua Apache. As a lifelong fighter, she continues to follow in her grandfather’s — the Apache Stronghold's founder — footsteps in protecting Apache's holy and sacred sites and Indigenous rights.

At the age of 13, Pike was one of the youngest people to ever testify before Congress when she spoke out against mining at Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site. Today, she continues to fight for environmental sustainability and Indigenous rights at the local, state, and national levels, battling corporations and political leaders through Indigenous spirituality. She firmly believes that the youth today give us hope for a better world for future generations.

A cleaner campaign: Central Florida volunteers push for more plastic political sign recycling (News Clips)

This story was originally published by Spectrum News.

When Kay Hudson looks at campaign signs, she sees clutter.

With Election Day over, the League of Women Voters volunteer has a new task — clearing up campaign sign recycling drop-off sites.