Threats To National Parks in 2019

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The Trump administration has undermined, degraded, and attacked the laws and agencies that protect our public lands. The threats include:

  • $2.5 million in national park fee revenue diverted to pay for 4th of July spectacle
  • reduced requirement for power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that pollute our air
  • gutted the Endangered Species Act and weakened its ability to protect wildlife
  • repealed the Clean Water Rule, erasing years of improvement in water protections
  • bulldozed delicate park ecosystems by insisting on a destructive border wall
  • nearly 3 million acres near national parks offered for oil and gas drilling

For the full list, see: National Parks Conservation Association.

Six Ways The Trump Administration Failed Our Parks In 2019

Indigenous Leaders March Through Madrid For COP25

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Indigenous leaders from the Guardians of the Forest joined 500,000 people to march through Madrid for COP25. They encourage youth participation so that the youth can be aware of what is happening to indigenous lands and rights.

Indigenous leaders from several countries were represented including those from Brazil and Costa Rica. These leaders ask for:

  • governments to guarantee their real and effective participation in decision-making that affects them
  • recognition of their rights to land
  • protection of indigenous territories as protection of the territories protects all of humanity
  • unity without borders as the fight to protect Mother Earth is the “mother of all fights”.
“The fight for mother earth is the mother of all fights.”–Sonia Guajajara, Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Coalition APIB