Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report finding that the climate is warming at alarming levels, with some effects too extensive to be reversible. However, the report also stated that some of the worst effects can be mitigated, and warming held to 1.5 degrees Celsius, if immediate steps are taken to drastically cut emissions globally. In 2019, Audubon’s own science found that two-thirds of North American bird species are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise. Holding that rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius will lower that risk. Read more |
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Good news! Last month the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to fully restore environmental protections for the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. In October 2020, the USDA had lifted protections from logging in roadless areas on more than 9 million acres in the Tongass. More than 45,000 Audubon members like you have sent letters to decision makers in support of upholding roadless protections since this misguided decision was first proposed in 2018. We will need your help again: stay tuned for an action alert to submit public comments in support of restoring these protections. Read more |
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