Activism

All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

August 12, 2025

Finding Your Voice in Longterm Storytelling: A Conversation With David Walter Banks

Vital Impacts' online talk at 11 a.m. ET is with David Walter Banks who is known for his blend of stylized portraiture, documentary work and long-term storytelling. You'll be taken behind the scenes of "Trembling Earth," his three-year project focused on protecting Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp.

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Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste

"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water,  two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."

Source: The New Lede, 08/01/2025

Resignation of Nuclear Regulator Seen as an Attack on Agency Independence

"NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo “apparently resigned rather than be compromised by politics.”" 

"A top official at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is resigning from her post amid the Trump administration’s attempts to overhaul atomic energy rules and chip away at the agency’s independence.

Source: Mother Jones, 07/31/2025

Volunteers Hand-Repair Parts Of Appalachian Trail Damaged By Helene

"In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root ball, is roughly the size of a large kiddie pool."

Source: AP, 07/28/2025

Activists Opposing Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

"Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have for years worked alongside private mine security to surveil the largely peaceful protesters who oppose the mine, called Thacker Pass, according to more than 2,000 pages of internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica."

Source: ProPublica, 07/24/2025
September 12, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Freeland Film Festival

The 2025 Freeland Film Festival in Green Lake, Wisconsin, features storytellers, musicians, educators and media broadcasters. See short, medium or feature length films on various environmental themes for audiences of all ages.  

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Texas Flood Protest Goes To DC: ‘No More Kids Lost To Climate Disasters’"

"Twenty-seven blue, pink and purple trunks, adorned with yellow roses and other flowers, were placed within view of the White House on Monday – each representing a child who perished when Camp Mystic in Texas was overwhelmed by a devastating flood."

Source: Guardian, 07/22/2025

How Removing Old New England Dams Is Opening Rivers To New Wildlife

"The silvery water of the Royal River glistens as sunlight strikes its surface on an overcast afternoon. The modest waterway flows an easy 39 miles from southern Maine’s Sabbathday Lake to the Atlantic coast at Casco Bay, attracting kayakers, paddleboarders, and great blue heron."

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/16/2025

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