Dogwood Alliance is horrified and saddened by the death of Manuel Teran. They were affectionately known as Tortuguita. Police shot and killed Tortuguita on January 18th in Atlanta’s Weelaunee Forest. This beautiful forest is in predominantly Black South Atlanta. It’s the proposed site of Cop City. Cop City is a project of the Atlanta Police […]
On March 12, 2020, Danna Smith testified on Capitol Hill at a Congressional Briefing entitled, “Climate Change or Emergency: Where Do We Go From Here?” The event was hosted by Rep. A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) in collaboration with the House of Representatives United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force and the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus. You […]
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Members of the House GOP introduced the Trillion Trees Act, in conjunction with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union announcement that he plans to join the One Trillion Trees global initiative. Rather than mandate tree planting, the Westerman bill requires an annual increase in logging levels and that all […]
