Today, I toured the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House & Interpretive Center and discussed with tribal leadership the path to federal recognition.
State-recognized since 2010, the Nottoway have a rich history throughout Southeast Virginia.
“A majority of Senators elected to represent the American people have chosen to side with corporate polluters and play politics with one of our most critical natural resources. This is inexcusable.” - SC statement from @BenJealous on Senate #WOTUS vote. https://t.co/5UXzomm4tN
Please join us for a conversation about decolonizing our waterways with Indigenous voices. This is a virtual side event of the upcoming @UN 2023 Water Conference.
RSVP at https://t.co/WX3TIW8jUo
Please join us for a conversation about decolonizing our waterways with Indigenous voices. This is a virtual side event of the upcoming @UN 2023 Water Conference.
RSVP at https://t.co/WX3TIW8jUo
Meet our new Clean Water Director, Beth Roach!
“I bring with me more than a decade of experience of wanting to do more and seeing the need to do more,” said Roach, a member of the Nottoway Tribe of Virginia.
#WorldWaterDay2021#WWD2022
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@geoyapti@suntostandstill ahhh we did! goodness.. i learned so much from the whole process. super proud to have played a small part in this with yall and so many others
Beth Roach "What we're doing is looking at tribal climate and coastal adaption plans from across the US... and seeing what's working well and what we might want to adopt in our communities" @bethr0ach@ANSeedkeepers@SierraClub @WomensEarthAlly #faith4earth#Faith4EarthDialogue
Thank you @bethr0ach for opening our lobby day with an acknowledgement of the land. We are grateful for the privilege to be here today on this beautiful earth
“[E]nvironmental justice is not merely a box to be checked, and the Board’s failure to consider the disproportionate impact on those closest to the Compressor Station resulted in a flawed analysis.”
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We Won! You Won! The Fourth is sooo with us 3-0. Today vacated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline's Buckingham compressor station air permit that was granted last January by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. Shout it from the mountain tops! @selc_org@chesapeakebay@VirginiaDEQ
Couldn’t more proud and more honored to be a part of this circle of fierce female leaders innovating solutions #ClimateChangeIsReal
Women's Grassroots Accelerator Program https://t.co/UcnJVf9yap
#womensearthalliance @WomensEarthAlly