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The Environment

More Work Needed to Protect Clean Air (News Clips)

Melanie Ramey of the Wisconsin League: “We in Wisconsin can be grateful that the Environmental Protection Agency recently issued national regulations... Congress made a promise to us when it passed the Clean Air Act in 1970 to protect future generations from pollutants like smog, soot, carbon and mercury. Now it is up to all of us to keep that promise.”

LWVA Supports Urban Farmers (News Clips)

“There is another side to the League of Women Voters of Alameda (LWVA) that residents may not be aware of. The United States League of Women Voters takes positions on environmental issues and actively advocates for policies and laws that reduce air pollution, improve water quality and promote the conservative and sustainable use of our county's natural resources.”

Climate and Food in 2012 (News Clips)

Op/ed by Pamela Person (LWV of Maine): “Last month I attended, as the League of Women Voters of Maine’s representative, a conference sponsored by Oxfam America’s GROW Campaign, which explored needed changes to help small-scale farmers around the world adapt to the realities of a changing climate.”

Bonn Declaration - Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens (Article)

 

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S GREENHOUSE GAS RULE IS A MAJOR STEP IN CONTROLLING CLIMATE CHANGE (Press Release)

Washington, DC (April 13, 2012) – The League of Women Voters today praised the Administration’s proposed

League Praises Decision to Continue to Put People Before Polluters (Press Release)

Washington, DC (March 27, 2012) – League of Women Voters national President, Elisabeth MacNamara issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration's new rules, rele

Red Bank Women Voters for RGGI (News Clips)

A letter to the editor from Barbara Chaudhery, co-president of the Greater Red Bank League of Women Voter, showing support for clean air initiative.

Water—Let's Use this Precious Resource Wisely! (Legal Document)

By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)

Global Climate Change: Impacts In The Midwest (Legal Document)

Eleanor Revelle, LWVUS CCTF, June 23, 2009

The United States Must Take Aggressive Action To Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Stabilize Earth’s Climate (Legal Document)

The evidence is clear that human-induced climate change is underway.