Environment & Animal Welfare
VATICAN CITY, June 18, 2015 (ENS) – "The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all," declares Pope Francis in his first major teaching on the environment, an encyclical letter released today.
Pope Francis urges all human beings to change their behavior to protect the good resources we all hold in common – the climate, the oceans, biodiversity – "the planet, our common home."
What do Pope Francis, the United States military and former Secretary of State George Shultz have in common? They all believe climate change is real, mostly caused by humans and responsible for the unprecedented destruction of our planet's precious ecosystems. When leaders and institutions not normally associated with environmental causes come together to tackle climate change, the tipping point for significant action on climate is near.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2015
CONTACT: Jack d'Annibale | 202-330-1613
Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) released the following statement following the news that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has found a match between one sample from the Refugio/Santa Barbara oil spill and a tar ball from the Manhattan Beach/South Bay incident.
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, June 3rd, Congressman Ted W. Lieu will host a presentation of the acclaimed TV show Fortitude by Participant Media (creators of Oscar-winner An Inconvenient Truth) with an in-depth conversation between climate change leaders to follow.
The event will be held in the Capitol Visitor Center Orientation Theater North.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) issued the following statement regarding the latest developments in the petroleum spill affecting the Southern California Coast. The cause of the spill is currently undetermined.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2015
CONTACT: Jack d'Annibale | 202-330-1613
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) has introduced the Climate Solutions Act. Congressman Lieu, co-author of California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, ran for Congress to help tackle climate change. Today, he introduces a bold, progressive plan to cut carbon pollution and invest in America's green energy industry.
https://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/239706-congress-must-tackle-climate-change-now
In a modern society, all of us deal with a thousand different issues. But there is one issue that can kill humanity as a species: climate change.
Saying a study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor's future is months overdue and stuck in "bureaucratic limbo," three local members of Congress are urging the National Park Service to release the report.
Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) used a recent letter to express their "strong concern over repeated and lengthy delays" in releasing the Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study and the failure of the park service "to meet its own deadlines."