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Unitarian Universalists: ‘Climate Justice Is a Moral Issue … It Is Our Obligation to Act’
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 10th, 2015
EcoWatch: In a call for spiritual action in the fight against climate change, Unitarian Universalists and other faith groups have joined together to participate in Climate Justice Month. This time of reflection and spiritual grounding started on World Water Day March 22 and will culminate with the worldwide celebration of Earth Day on April 22.
The faith groups hope that Climate Justice Month will inspire meaningful action on climate change. They hope the month of reflection gives participants a chance...
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Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 8th, 2015
EcoWatch: As news keeps pouring in about California’s epic drought, Democracy Now! looks at the link between water shortages, climate change and meat consumption. Last week, Gov. Brown ordered residents and businesses to cut water use by 25 percent. The order, which was the first mandatory water restriction, was issued when the April 1 snowpack assessment revealed that snowpack levels are at 6 percent of normal for the state. The mandate, however, exempts some of the biggest water users in the state—Big Agriculture...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on How Meat Consumption Is Linked to Climate Change and DroughtDrought-Stricken California Exempts Big Oil and Big Ag from Mandatory Restrictions
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 2nd, 2015
EcoWatch: The April 1 snowpack assessment in California, which set an all-time record for lowest snowpack levels in the state’s history, finally spurred Governor Brown’s office to issue an executive order to residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history.
But some groups have been exempted from the water restrictions, specifically big agriculture, which uses about 80 percent of California’s water, and oil companies....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Drought-Stricken California Exempts Big Oil and Big Ag from Mandatory RestrictionsCalifornia’s Dire Drought Leads to Record Low Snowpack Levels at 6%
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 1st, 2015
EcoWatch: California’s dire drought conditions have finally triggered more meaningful action at the state level. Today, Gov. Brown issued an executive order which calls on state and local water agencies “to implement a series of measures to save water, including increased enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state’s drought response, and invest in new technologies,” according to California Coastkeeper Alliance.
The governor issued the statement today as readings of the April 1 assessment...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on California’s Dire Drought Leads to Record Low Snowpack Levels at 6%Obama Unveils $1.2 Billion Plan Fight Superbug Crisis, But Is It Enough?
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 27th, 2015
EcoWatch: President Obama is waging war against the superbug crisis, one of the “most pressing public health issues facing the world today,” causing tens of thousands of deaths and millions of illnesses every year in just the U.S. alone, the President said.
Today, the White House announced its first-ever National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. The 63-page document outlines five specific goals to control the spread of superbugs over the next five years:
slow the emergence...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Obama Unveils $1.2 Billion Plan Fight Superbug Crisis, But Is It Enough?New Fracking Rules on Public Lands ‘A Giveaway to Oil and Gas Industry,’ Advocates Say
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 20th, 2015
EcoWatch: Earlier this week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said that the new regulations for fracking on federal lands from the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would be released “within the next few days,” following a four-year process that included receiving more than 1.5 million public comments. Today she unveiled those new rules, which take effect in 90 days. The BLM claimed they would “support safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on New Fracking Rules on Public Lands ‘A Giveaway to Oil and Gas Industry,’ Advocates SayNo Fracking in State Parks, Ohio House Democrats and Republicans Surprisingly Agree
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 19th, 2015
EcoWatch: In a surprising move for a polarized Ohio legislature controlled by far-right Republicans cozy with fossil fuel interests, its House Energy and Natural Resources committee voted 12-0 Tuesday to ban fracking in state parks. The full bill, which aims to speed up the drilling permitting process, was then passed unanimously on the House floor Wednesday. It now heads to the Senate.
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on No Fracking in State Parks, Ohio House Democrats and Republicans Surprisingly AgreeMountaintop Removal: It’s Time Bring This American Tragedy to an End
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 18th, 2015
EcoWatch: An escalating series of lawsuits, government rulings, banking decisions and breakthrough health studies has brought the fate of devastating mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia to the doorstep of state and federal decision-makers this week. Mountaintop removal is not just on the ropes—it’s down for the count—and several fronts carry the same knockout message: Given the urgent health crisis from the reckless mining operation, the federal government and the states can no longer wait to...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Mountaintop Removal: It’s Time Bring This American Tragedy to an EndEpic Drought Drives California Businesses to ‘Connect the Drops’
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 18th, 2015
EcoWatch: California’s record-breaking drought is heading into its fourth year, making headlines about water shortages, drying rivers and reservoirs, threatened fisheries, shrinking mountain snow cover, and battles between cities, consumers, agricultural interests and businesses for essential water resources. The effect of the drought has been felt across the country since the state’s agricultural output is the largest of any state, and last year California farmers had to leave half a million acres unplanted...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Epic Drought Drives California Businesses to ‘Connect the Drops’Permaculture Film Offers Bold New Solution in Regenerative Agriculture
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 17th, 2015
EcoWatch: Everywhere you hear that we need to minimize our footprint and reduce our impact. But what if we turned that kind of thinking on its head? What if, as Bill McDonough says, instead of trying to be “less bad,” we try to be “more good.” What if our footprints became beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet? This is the premise of a new movie Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective, which will have its worldwide digital premiere on Earth Day,...
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