Environmental News

News includes:

• What’s happening along the Mississippi river
• Children’s rights in demanding a climate plan
• Lake Michigan: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2020 Virtual Conference
  

hat’s happening along the Mississippi river?

Check out the Mississippi River Network newsletter to find out the latest events and education to preserve this important waterway.
 
The LWVGP is a member of The LWV Upper Mississippi River Inter-League Organization (ILO).  Check out their blog.


​Environmental Advocacy

The League of Women Voters of the US has signed on in support of a Resolution introduced in Congress on Wednesday, Sept. 23, recognizing children’s rights and demanding a climate plan. The resolution calls on Congress to do the following:

• Support the youth climate movement and children across our nation, including children from frontline and vulnerable communities seeking climate justice
• Protect children’s fundamental rights to life, liberty, and property, and equal protection of the laws, which includes a climate system capable of sustaining human life
• Demand a national, comprehensive, science-based and just climate recovery plan prepared by the executive branch

 
See the fact sheet.



LWV Lake Michigan Region 2020 Annual (Virtual) Conference
 
Lake Michigan: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Friday 10/16/20, 12:45–2:00 pm CDT | Saturday 10/17/20, 9:00 am–1:00 pm CDT
 
The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region is an Inter League Organization comprised of local and state Leagues of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. We educate about and advocate for Lake Michigan. This year's annual conference will focus on issues facing communities along the lake's southern shore. Please register by October 12.