On May 6, the Biden administration unveiled a new, ten-year plan for how it intends to make good on Executive Order 14008, which called for the conservation of 30 percent of our nation’s land and water by 2030. This number, which has been backed by scientists, is considered the critical amount of conserved natural areas necessary to help slow climate change and prevent catastrophic species loss.
“Never before has a president outlined a goal of this kind, and certainly not this early in an administration,” said Brenda Mallory, chair
of the Council on Environmental Quality, on a press call. “Let me be candid: nature in America is in trouble, and Americans across the country are seeing and feeling the impacts.”
STATEMENT: Biden-Harris Administration’s Conservation Roadmap Harnesses the Power of Nature To Combat the Climate Crisis
Date: May 6, 2021
Contact: Ari Drennen
Washington, D.C. Today, the Biden-Harris administration released a report recommending a 10-year, locally led campaign to conserve and restore the nation’s lands, waters, and oceans. The report launches the America the Beautiful Campaign and lays out principles for meeting the national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s lands, waters, and oceans by 2030. In response, Center for American Progress founder John Podesta released the following statement:
By conserving and restoring 30 percent of land, water, and oceans by 2030, the Biden-Harris administration is harnessing the power of nature to address the climate crisis and to bring nature’s benefits to all people. COVID-19’s reach has shown that human health and nature’s health are inextricably linked and that only bold, decisive action can stem these
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FRIENDS and parishioners of St Bestius’ Church in Killeter have a date with history on Sunday when a new stained glass window celebrating the parish’s links with the famous hymn-writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, will be revealed in all its glory.
The ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ window depicts different aspects of Mrs Alexander’s most famous hymn. It will remain under wraps until Sunday’s ‘big reveal’ but the local Rector, Rev Peter Ferguson, is delighted with the new feature.
“I have seen the window and it is a thing of beauty,” he explained.
SA breweries resolve dispute following social media backlash over proceeds for ‘Black is Beautiful’ campaign
Back Unturned Brewery has donated the proceeds to the NAACP, owner says
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SAN ANTONIO – Two San Antonio breweries have resolved their dispute following social media backlash that stemmed from questions being asked on where proceeds from a social justice initiative were sent earlier this month.
The owner of Back Unturned Brewery, Ricardo Garcia, was accused of not disclosing where the proceeds from its Black is Beautiful beer were going, which was part of Weathered Souls Brewing Company’s Black is Beautiful Campaign.