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Tag Archives: Earth
Tell the EPA: Keep Diesel Out of Our Drinking Water
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a dangerous drilling technique threatening water, air, wildlife and public health all over the United States. It’s done by blasting millions of gallons of a chemical-water-sand mixture deep into the Earth to break up rock formations to harvest oil and gas.
In 2005, in a law known as the “Halliburton loophole,” Congress exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act all fracking chemicals except one: diesel fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency has just asked for public comment on how it should regulate the use of diesel fuel in fracking.
Evidence is mounting throughout the country that fracking chemicals are making their way into aquifers and drinking water, and diesel contains the toxic substances benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Risking more chemical contamination of our drinking water is a no-go.
Take action to tell the EPA to ban fracking with diesel without delay.
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Earth: mobilized. Keep going!
Check the world premiere of Grammy-winner Esperanza Spalding’s “Endangered Species” video – done especially for Earth Day!
Your donations help power the movement.
Approximately one billion people in 192 countries took action for Earth Day 2012! From Cairo to Beijing, Melbourne to Rome, Rio to St. Louis, communities everywhere stood united to Mobilize the Earth™. The accomplishments are too numerous to name and pouring in every day.
Earth Day Network and its partners worked together on events across Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries throughout the Middle East. Our office in Kolkata coordinated nearly 700 events in India alone. There were massive rallies in New York, Montreal and Seoul, to name a few. The rally in Washington, D.C., by the steps of the Capitol, was watched all over the globe as it was streamed live on the web.
More than a day of service, Earth Day 2012 has been weeks of mobilization that are growing and galvanizing the environmental movement, making our leaders take notice, and holding them accountable.
Through Earth Day Network’s Campaign for Communities, the number of elected officials participating in Earth Day events around the world was one of the highest we have ever seen. This Earth Day renewed the work that local governments are doing not only to clean up their communities and spread environmental awareness but to actually reduce global warming pollution in the face of national and international inaction.
Thousands of students from 291 universities in 6 continents, 49 countries, and 36 U.S. states came together for MobilizeU. Tens of thousands of students have been activated through MobilizeU, and more than 5.5 million students have been impacted as their universities were mobilized.
In the U.S., our work led the White House to host its first summit on environmental education, announce the creation of a special taskforce on environmental education, and issue an official Earth Day proclamation on the benefits of green schools. Moreover, the Department of Education announced the first round of winners in the Green Ribbon Schools program – a monumental accomplishment that has been years in the making for the entire movement.
And, after only two years…
We reached A Billion Acts of Green®!
A Billion Acts of Green is a global referendum on the environment, and your pledges have made it the largest environmental service campaign in the world. It shows the breadth of support for strong, coordinated action to deal with our most pressing environmental challenges. And we’re going to take this achievement to world leaders and demand just that.
But, the campaign isn’t over…
Continue to add your commitments to A Billion Acts of Green as we make our way to the NEXT billion!
To learn more about the amazing work inspired by Earth Day 2012, go to www.earthday.org/2012. To see photos of Earth Day 2012 events from all over the world, go here.
– The Earth Day Network Team
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Mobilization underway – 65 days to go
Earth Day 2012: Mobilize the Earth is now in full-swing! Every day, the movement is inspiring people all over the world to act on behalf of the environment – to send a clear message to world leaders that the world can’t wait.
What will YOU do?
Keep reading for highlights from the last couple of weeks and learn how you can get involved.
In This Issue: Lead an Earth Day Event or Join One Nearby A Billion Acts of Green Reaches Halfway Point MobilizeU Student Movement Gains Momentum Resources for People of Faith
Lead an Earth Day Event or Find One Nearby:People all over the world are already mobilizing for Earth Day 2012. You can start an Earth Day event or join one nearby!
Remember to send us a photo of your action!
Here are some inspiring examples:
- Oman – Oman’s Ministry of Education is mobilizing to hold Earth Day events in 1,043 schools, engaging more than 524,000 students throughout the country. They also published Earth Day Network’s green schools lesson plans on their education portal in Arabic and English.
- Kurdistan, Iraq – The provincial government in Kurdistan is mobilizing to plant five million trees for Earth Day 2012. And Earth Day Network partner “Together” has already planted 400 trees in honor of Earth Day 2012 in Salah Al-Din Province.
- Brisbane, Australia – Divers with Reef Check Australia are mobilizing for Earth Day. They’ll be doing an underwater cleanup of Moreton Bay and working to raise awareness about water pollution and the need for marine conservation.
- Veracruz, Mexico – Tortugas Fundacion Yepez is mobilizing to bring people, NGOs and government officials together in Veracruz for Earth Day to raise awareness about the delicate ecosystem in the area and promote reforestation throughout the region.
- Koung Jor, Thailand – The Branch Foundation is mobilizing to install solar panels in a refugee camp in Thailand of 600 Burmese refugees. It will be the first solar-run refugee camp in the world.
- Norfolk, United Kingdom – Deepdale Farm is mobilizing to bring community members and businesses together on the North Norfolk Coast for Earth Day to learn about sustainability, conservation, eco-friendly living and renewable technologies.
A Billion Acts of Green® Reaches Halfway Point: A Billion Acts of Green, the world’s largest environmental service campaign, recently passed the halfway point! We’ve inspired over 500 million environmental actions from individuals, businesses, governments, and faith-based and civic organizations all over the world in what is being called a global referendum on the environment. Help us make it to a billion for Earth Day!
MobilizeU Student Movement Gains Momentum:MobilizeU is an international movement of student environmental activists organizing for Earth Day 2012. And the international collegiate competition to generate the most acts of green is less than two months away. Dozens of college students from all over the world have already signed up to represent their institutions as regional and school coordinators, and more are coming in every day. Click here to get involved in this exciting youth movement!
Resources for People of Faith: Earth Day Network is proud to introduce its Earth Stewardship Resources for People of Faith webpage. This living-list webpage will provide people of faith with a wide array of resources to help develop projects to green their congregation and community.
– The Earth Day Network Team
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April 22, 2012 – Join us to Mobilize the Earth
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Mayors and local elected officials from around the world did make history by joining together to sign the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments, requiring cities to increase their mitigation and adaptation efforts immediately. (Read more about the Charter at the 
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