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Moratorium on New Coal-Fired Electric Power Plants Is Imperative to Address Global Warming
Global warming is happening, and its impacts are already being felt today.
Evidence includes disappearing glaciers, increasingly severe heat waves and droughts in some areas, intensifying hurricanes and floods in others, and more wildfires. If left unchecked, the effects could be catastrophic: millions of people displaced as rising sea levels flood coastal areas; many regions devastated by reduced crop yields and shortages of drinking water; human health threatened by the spread of malaria and other vector-borne diseases; many plant and animal species at risk of extinction.
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Global Climate Change: Impacts In The Midwest
Eleanor Revelle, LWVUS CCTF, June 23, 2009
The climate of the Midwestern states is already changing. Annual average temperatures have risen in recent decades, with the largest increases in the winter months. Extreme heat events are occurring more frequently, and heavy downpours are becoming much more common as well. The duration of lake ice, including on the Great Lakes, is decreasing, and the growing season is starting earlier and lasting longer.
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Water—Let's Use this Precious Resource Wisely!
By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)
Water is an increasingly scarce resource. Many parts of the United States already face serious water shortages and even drought. Population growth and the changing climate are putting additional stresses on water supplies. Even in areas where water seems to be abundant, careful management of this precious resource is essential if we are to ensure a reliable supply for future generations.
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Carbon Offsets: A Cautionary Tale
By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)
The voluntary carbon offset market is booming. Dozens of companies are ready to help eco-conscious consumers compensate for their personal carbon emissions by contributing to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere.
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Clean Air Act: A New Approach to Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)
With the demise of cap-and-trade legislation during the 2010 session of Congress, the climate action spotlight has shifted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA). But efforts are now underway to block EPA regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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CURBING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS — TWO APPROACHES
By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)
Facing the growing evidence that burning fossil fuels is contributing significantly to global climate change, policymakers are evaluating strategies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. They have two general approaches to consider.
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Oppose Overturning Administration Environmental Initiatives
The following letter was sent to the Senate opposing efforts to overturn Administration initiatives that protect public health and the environment such the new mercury and air toxics rule and the recent decision to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Blog
Leagues Nationwide...Educating and Advocating
| ShirleyAcross the country, Leagues are raising their voices on voting rights, redistricting, clean air and water, campaign funding and more. From Massachusetts to Florida, New York to Kansas and points in between, Leagues are busy educating and advocating. Comment on and share our Leagues in Action.
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Press Release
Administration’s Keystone Step is “Right Decision”
| KellyStatement from Elisabeth MacNamara, President of the League of Women Voters
Washington, DC – “Today’s step by the Obama Administration to deny the Keystone XL Pipeline was the right decision. It is a decision that puts the health and safety of Americans ahead of blind reliance on fossil fuels. The route of the Keystone XL Pipeline was a threat to the drinking water of millions of Americans. The pipeline was just too big a risk to allow it to go forward.