Big top down approaches to fighting climate and saving the environment are great, but many times the connection and empowerment of individual citizens and communities are forgotten under those policies.
To be able to take on many of the battles that ordinary Americans see in their backyards, you need legal standing. A #GreenAmendment offers that standing to average citizens, so they can bring government actors within arm's reach and get justice for their communities. A self-executing Green Amendment is a palatable, direct way for locals to get the change they need.
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Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Think Locally
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Saving the planet starts with saving the communities the fossil fuel industry tends to trample.Maya answers many questions about the #GreenAmendment, including questions of language, how it compares to other environmental policies, and its ability to fill in the gaps and provide coverage and protection for all people.
Watch and listen to the talk with The Many Shades of Green!
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TMSOG with Guest Maya van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper and initiator of The Green Amendment Movement
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Our guest is Maya van Rossum who has dedicated her life to being the “voice of the Delaware River.” She has taken on industry, government, and even the U.S. Army, preventing harm to the River, comm...On January 19, the first day of NM’s 2021 Legislative Session, Joint Senate Resolution 3, a resolution to amend the New Mexico Constitution in order to add enforceable environmental rights, was introduced by Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Senator Bill Soules and Representative Joanne Ferrary and was referred to the Senate Rules Committee, followed by Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Mimi Stewart, Senator Harold Pope, Jr., Representative Tara Luján and Representative Andrea Romero are signing on as co-sponsors.
The Joint Resolution proposes amending the state constitution’s Bill of Rights to recognize and protect the rights of all of the people of New Mexico including future generations “to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, and a stable climate, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic and healthful qualities of the environment.”
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www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR03.pdf