{"id":571,"date":"2021-05-06T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-biden-administrations-efforts-to-protect-30-percent-of-our-lands-and-waters-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:22:58","slug":"virginia-lcv-applauds-biden-administrations-efforts-to-protect-30-percent-of-our-lands-and-waters-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-biden-administrations-efforts-to-protect-30-percent-of-our-lands-and-waters-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia LCV applauds Biden Administration\u2019s efforts to protect 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/biden-harris-administration-outlines-america-beautiful-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/biden-harris-administration-outlines-america-beautiful-initiative&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1620418703051000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtFmN1SzLMWXEXPyS3vBcSqr7I6g\">Biden Administration issued a report<\/a>\u00a0entitled \u201cConserving and Restoring America the Beautiful,\u201d which outlines a voluntary nationwide conservation goal to protect 30 percent of our lands and waters by the end of the decade, action that will help restore and protect sensitive ecosystems, address the climate crisis, and ensure equitable access to parks and outdoors spaces in communities that need them here in Virginia and across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>En respuesta al anuncio de hoy,\u00a0<strong>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/strong>, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery 30 seconds in America, we lose the equivalent of a football field of natural space to development. This pace of deforestation is unsustainable, and it isn\u2019t just a threat to our forests and open spaces \u2013 the water we drink, the air we breathe, and our health and climate are also at risk.\u00a0 We also know that not everyone has the same access to parks and the outdoors in their community, which is why it\u2019s so vital that as we work toward conserving more open space, we\u2019re also addressing these inequities. What the Biden Administration rolled out today is a huge step forward for conservation, our climate, and our health, and we look forward to working here in Virginia to preserve more lands for more Virginians.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the\u00a0Biden Administration issued a report\u00a0entitled \u201cConserving and Restoring America the Beautiful,\u201d which outlines a voluntary nationwide conservation goal to protect 30 percent of our lands and waters by the end of the decade, action that will help restore and protect sensitive ecosystems, address the climate crisis, and ensure equitable access to parks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-571","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}