The Fight to End Fossil Fuels
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From Kim Dinan, Senior Media Specialist |
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Center staff joined more than 75,000 participants for the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City last Sunday — the largest climate mass mobilization in the United States since the start of the pandemic. Marchers called on President Biden to stop all federal approvals of new fossil fuel projects, phase out fossil fuel production on federal public lands, declare a climate emergency, and make a plan for building a new, clean energy future.
The march happened right before the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit — also in New York City — the first-ever climate summit where countries presented fossil fuel phaseout plans and committed to no new fossil fuel production. Sunday’s march followed more than 700 other #EndFossilFuels actions that mobilized 600,000 people in 65 countries.
President Biden is clearly feeling the pressure. On Wednesday, the White House announced that the administration will establish an American Climate Corps. But the work isn’t over: We can’t and won’t stop until we get executive action to stop fossil fuel expansion, phase out drilling, and declare a climate emergency. Learn more and take action.
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Accessing Contraception on Campus |
Schools across the country are back in session, but the Center’s Campus Health Clinic Scorecard — Wildlife Edition found that many students can’t access the resources they need to thrive. The scorecard ranked sexual and reproductive health services on 22 higher-ed campuses that use wildlife as their mascots. We discovered that contraception access and sex education are sorely lacking on many college campuses.
“Colleges and universities have a responsibility to provide the services their students need to succeed,” said Kelley Dennings, a campaigner at the Center.
Here’s one thing you can do: Read our full scorecard report.
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Study: 12% of Americans Eat 50% of U.S. Beef |
New research from Tulane University (supported by the Center) found that just 12% of the U.S. population eat half of all beef on a given day in the United States. The study, published in the journal Nutrients, discovered that men are more likely than women to consume a diet disproportionately made up of beef, which the study’s authors defined as more than 4 ounces of beef per 2,200 calories.
Beef production emits a significant amount of methane and accounts for more than 50 times the emissions of bean production.
“Animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change, habitat loss, water pollution, and pesticide use,” said Mark Rifkin, senior food and agriculture policy specialist at the Center. “We can’t afford to ignore the devastating chaos that meat-heavy diets dish out.”
Here’s one thing you can do: Eat less meat and save more wildlife. |
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Plant-Based Diets are a Climate Change Solution |
The Center’s new scientific review finds that plant-based diets can help ease the public health challenges of climate-fueled environmental emergencies. The review, published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, found that healthcare systems are regularly overwhelmed, and that’s only compounded when climate-fueled disasters hit. But plant-based diets can keep people healthier — reducing the demand on healthcare systems — while simultaneously helping to ease climate change, since animal agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Another new Center paper found that federal nutrition policy falls far short of preparing the public for the health and environmental crises they face. An analysis of the dietary guidelines of G20 countries found that the United States has fallen behind in including sustainability, which leaves a huge hole in our ability to tackle climate-related environmental emergencies.
Here’s one thing you can do: Explore — and share — these plant-based earth-friendly recipes.
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Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion
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Earlier this month, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that national laws prohibiting abortion violate women’s rights and are unconstitutional. The landmark ruling expands abortion access in Latin America.
Universal access to quality healthcare — including abortion — is a basic human right. The welfare of humans is deeply linked to nature. The same systems of abuse and exploitation threaten the health of people and ecosystems alike.
Here's one thing you can do: If you live in the United States, take action to promote reproductive freedom worldwide. |
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Making the Case for Reuse
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Community-level support for reuse and other waste-prevention practices is growing. Sadly, many communities face challenges convincing decisionmakers — and a public conditioned by a culture of carefree consumption — to accept new strategies for wasting less.
But it’s still possible to make reuse and waste prevention mainstream. Center campaigner Kelley Dennings joined a panelist of experts for a webinar about different approaches to building support for waste prevention at the community level. Here’s one thing you can do: Help reduce plastic production and transform our throwaway economy.{{ if equals(StateOrProvince,'FL') }} |
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Make Abortion a Constitutional Right in Florida |
All Floridians deserve the freedom to make personal medical decisions — including about abortion — free of government intrusion.
If you’re registered to vote in Florida, you can join the campaign to make abortion access a guaranteed right in the Florida Constitution. Fill out, print and mail in your own petition form. You can also join a one-hour training call happening every other Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to learn how to collect abortion petition signatures in your community.
Here’s one thing you can do: Learn all you need to know about putting abortion on the ballot.{{ end }}
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Wildlife Spotlight: Eastern Hellbender |
Eastern hellbenders have many aliases, from “devil dog” and “snot otter” to “Allegheny river monster,” “grampus” and “old lasagna sides.” These nicknames reference the salamanders’ loose, frilly skin and its mucus-like covering, which is believed to provide protection from abrasion and parasites and may even have antibiotic properties. Once widespread in 15 states, these amphibians have now disappeared from much of their historic range but still hang on from southern New York to northern Georgia, as well as from the central Appalachians westward to Missouri.
A federal judge recently found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of protection for eastern hellbenders was arbitrary and unlawful. The judge put eastern hellbenders back on track for Endangered Species Act protection in response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, including the Center.
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