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Earth Day 2020: 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Activism 1970-2020 (Global)
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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1:00 AM
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1:00 AM
Event Type:
Protest
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Earth Day Network
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Worldwide climate strikes, actions, and environmental events
EARTH DAY: 50th ANNIVERSARY 1970-2020
THEME 2020: Climate Action
When: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Where: throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, and worldwide
Find Earth Day actions in your area: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/
(Actions/events could change due to health mandates)
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, Earth Day events could change or be cancelled. Personal and community safety is of the upmost importance. For CDC health information, go to: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
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EARTH DAY 2020
Earth Day on April 22, 2020 will mark 50 years of Earth Day.
Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. This first Earth Day in 1970 is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.
The first Earth Day started a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States. The Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts were created in response to the first Earth Day in 1970, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many countries soon adopted similar laws.
Earth Day continues to hold major international significance: In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed into force.
The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.
Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.
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MISSION: Earth Day Network
Our mission? To build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet.
Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries to drive positive action for our planet.
THEME 2020: Climate Action
When: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Where: throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, and worldwide
Find Earth Day actions in your area: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/
(Actions/events could change due to health mandates)
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, Earth Day events could change or be cancelled. Personal and community safety is of the upmost importance. For CDC health information, go to: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
_______________________________________________________
EARTH DAY 2020
Earth Day on April 22, 2020 will mark 50 years of Earth Day.
Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. This first Earth Day in 1970 is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.
The first Earth Day started a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States. The Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts were created in response to the first Earth Day in 1970, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many countries soon adopted similar laws.
Earth Day continues to hold major international significance: In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed into force.
The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.
Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.
_________________________________________________________
MISSION: Earth Day Network
Our mission? To build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet.
Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries to drive positive action for our planet.
For more information:
https://www.earthday.org/
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COMMON DREAMS: "UN Chief Warns World 'Way Off Track' on Tackling Climate Crisis as New Report Underscores Need for Bold Global Action"
"We are currently way off track to meeting either the 1.5°C or 2°C targets that the Paris Agreement calls for. We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050, and for that, we need political will and urgent action to set a different path." --António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/un-chief-warns-world-way-track-tackling-climate-crisis-new-report-underscores-need
"We are currently way off track to meeting either the 1.5°C or 2°C targets that the Paris Agreement calls for. We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050, and for that, we need political will and urgent action to set a different path." --António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/un-chief-warns-world-way-track-tackling-climate-crisis-new-report-underscores-need
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Ending illegal animal trades would help cut down on the spread of infectious diseases in markets, which the experts called an "ideal mixing bowl," according to The Guardian.
"We are intimately interconnected with nature, whether we like it or not. If we don't take care of nature, we can't take care of ourselves." —Inger Andersen, U.N. Environment Program
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/coronavirus-clear-warning-shot-nature-humanity-top-scientists-say
"Scientists urged authorities to. . .seriously consider a long-term strategy for preventing another infectious disease outbreak—calling the coronavirus a "clear warning shot" from nature."
"The coronavirus, officially known at SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, is thought to have spread from a species of horseshoe bat to another animal in a live animal market in Wuhan, China, allowing it to spread to humans."
Ending illegal animal trades would help cut down on the spread of infectious diseases in markets, which the experts called an "ideal mixing bowl," according to The Guardian.
"We are intimately interconnected with nature, whether we like it or not. If we don't take care of nature, we can't take care of ourselves." —Inger Andersen, U.N. Environment Program
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/coronavirus-clear-warning-shot-nature-humanity-top-scientists-say
COMMON DREAMS: " 'Holy Crap This Is Insane': Citing Coronavirus Pandemic, EPA Indefinitely Suspends Environmental Rules"
The Environmental Protection Agency, headed by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, announced on Thursday [3/26/20] a sweeping and indefinite suspension of environmental rules amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, a move green groups warned gives the fossil fuel industry a "green light to pollute with impunity."
"Outrageous," tweeted Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, in response to the EPA's new policy. "Suspending all environmental regulations indefinitely? This has nothing to do with coronavirus. This has everything to do with protecting Big Business."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/27/holy-crap-insane-citing-coronavirus-pandemic-epa-indefinitely-suspends-environmental
The Environmental Protection Agency, headed by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, announced on Thursday [3/26/20] a sweeping and indefinite suspension of environmental rules amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, a move green groups warned gives the fossil fuel industry a "green light to pollute with impunity."
"Outrageous," tweeted Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, in response to the EPA's new policy. "Suspending all environmental regulations indefinitely? This has nothing to do with coronavirus. This has everything to do with protecting Big Business."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/27/holy-crap-insane-citing-coronavirus-pandemic-epa-indefinitely-suspends-environmental
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