Rep. Donna Edwards — Advocate for Green Concerns
The support of a strong environmental agenda by our elected officials is essential to safeguarding clean air and water.
The support of a strong environmental agenda by our elected officials is essential to safeguarding clean air and water.
I think in the currency of cycles: time passed, changes that have occurred, looking back, shifting forward.
There is no more potent force than a mother who is fighting for the safety of her children. They don’t have to be trained activists; just spurred to mobilize in their own way.
Maternal health is considered a benchmark of how a country’s health care measures up.
Reports about the air and water, and other potential hazards in our environment, are prevalent.
We can’t look away, no matter how disquieting or overwhelming.
News footage traces American presidents expounding upon the need for energy independence. It begins with Richard Nixon in 1974 telling the country, “We must provide for our own energy needs.”
Yet, regardless of generation, women have a tough row to hoe when it comes to getting traction on the kind of stories they want to write and get published.
Bottom line — “No air emissions result from generating the electricity I purchase.” That means no coal, nuclear, oil or natural gas were used.
Gbowee said, “You can’t talk about maternal mortality without looking at the implications of peace and conflict.”
Our children are the future. They are affected by the food they eat, the air they breathe, the land they live on, and the cities they inhabit.