by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 9, 2020 | Fracking
Helpful Terms to Better Understand Fracking Clean Water Act of 1972 – national legislation which established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. ...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 9, 2020 | Fracking
In arguing against fracking, it is important to debunk the myth that the U.S. has enough natural gas reserves to fulfill our need for the next 100 years. It is equally necessary to discuss the plan by gas companies to make the export of natural gas the next...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 3, 2020 | Population
Are you concerned about your “carbon footprint”? QEW’s Population Working Group can help. QEW’s Population Working Group offers an innovative program to help confront climate change and other environmental problems. It is based on a similar program...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 2, 2020 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Number 2, Timely, Volume 33
By Shelley Tanenbaum. EVERY YEAR WE Friends ask ourselves, “How has truth fared for Thee?” It is a way of refreshing ourselves, of self-evaluating personally and in our Meetings. It gives us an opportunity to change course and to respond to emerging leadings. What if...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 2, 2020 | African Diaspora, United Nations
United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent The United Nations (UN) commemorates international decades to focus world attention on a specific topic, and then mobilize resources to respond. In December 2013, the U.N. General Assembly...
