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Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez (/ ʃ uː ˈ t ɛ z k ɑː t / shoo-TEZ-kaht; born May 9, 2000), also known by the initial X, [a] is an American environmental activist and hip hop artist. [2] [3] Martinez was the Youth Director of Earth Guardians until 2019. Martinez has spoken about the effects of fossil fuels.
In 2013, Greenfield cycled 4,700 miles (7,600 km) across America on a bicycle made of bamboo to inspire Americans to live more sustainably. [9] On this 104-day ride he used 160 US gallons (610 L) of water, created two pounds (0.9 kg) of trash, traveled via his own power except for one mile (1.6 km) on a ferry into New York City, plugged into five electrical outlets, and never turned on a light ...
Diane Wilson (born October 17, 1948) [1] is an American environmental activist, an anti-war activist, and an author.In 1989, she was a shrimp boat captain in Calhoun County, Texas, and she saw an Associated Press article saying that the county had the most toxic waste disposal of all counties in America. [2]
At some point in the mid-1980s, a pony-tailed upstate New York environmental activist named Jay Westerveld picked up a card in a South Pacific hotel room and read the following: "Save Our Planet ...
I’m a 12-year-old Kansas Citian and environmentalist, studying the impacts of pollution on our planet. Growing up in an ever-changing world filled with pollution, I began wondering how important ...
Altogether, the U.S. government regulates 1,020,779 square miles (2,643,807 km 2), 28.8% of the country's total land area. [12] Protected parks and forestland constitute most of this. As of March 2004, approximately 16% of public land under Bureau of Land Management administration was being leased for commercial oil and natural gas drilling ...
They operate on local, national, and international scales. Environmental NGOs vary widely in political views and in the ways they seek to influence the environmental policy of the United States and other governments. The environmental movement today consists of both large national groups and also many smaller local groups with local concerns.
David Wallace-Wells (born 1982) [1] is an American journalist known for his writings on climate change.He wrote the 2017 essay "The Uninhabitable Earth"; the essay was published in New York as a long-form article and was the most-read article in the history of the magazine.