Events of Dec 2020
Uploaded by Brainy81 on Dec 12, 2021
Event One
In the past few years, the black bear has been a symbol of the state of New Jersey when it comes to wildlife hunting. However, black bears are going extinct because they are being hunted way more than there are in this state. This is creating a huge controversy of whether or not hunting black bears are actually ethical. But the story goes in more depth than what is being said. Because this bear is still a symbol, there was a program, which was facilitated by Kate Reilly, the Duke Farms’ Manager of Education, to discuss this matter through a webinar on zoom. This was held on November 7th, 2020. I was not able to attend, but from what I read, both sides brought up good points why bear hunting should be legal or not. But after reading those sides, I believe that hunting an innocent animal is not right, especially knowing how important it is to the ecosystem.
Event Two
With the Democrats winning the election, it was a win for wilderness. There will now be an opportunity that land and water will be protected and climate change will be addressed. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have promised to take better care of the environment than the previous administration. They have promised nine things. They were to reverse a last-minute oil auction in the Arctic Refuge, get back to fighting climate change, focus on equity to pursue environmental justice and overall conservation goals, protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and water, stop the destructive border wall, restore environmental and public health safeguards, rededicate federal agencies to environmental protection and justice, restore protections to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and strengthen “the bill of rights for the environment”. This will do a major change for the environment, in a good way of course.
Event Three
The Trump administration has invited oil industries to violate the Artic Refuge. This is a bad sign for people, climate, and even the wildlife because of the heavy negative impact. This is considered a sacred land for the idigenous people living there. This contradicts the Indigenous’ human rights and the environmental organizations beliefs with the Trump administration’s ideas. The articles do not explain what will happen next but it does mention how big bank companies will not fund any new oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge, which is the first big step to...