Hello, everyone-
CAP put out a paper yesterday, Powering
America’s Economic Recovery by Protecting and Restoring Nature, which lays out the economic case for conservation investments in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the
resulting recession. It advocates that Congress prioritize the following areas to fight climate change, correct for racial disparities in access to the outdoors, boost our natural resilience against future diseases, and create up to ~700,000 new jobs – many
focused in high need regions and communities - with $39 billion investments:
Each section has the associated specific recommendations, dollar investment figures and estimated job numbers. There
are a few sample tweets below. Any help promoting the report would be much
appreciated!
Thanks!
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Sample tweets
Congress should respond to today’s economic crisis, pandemic, and racial injustices by making a historic investment in the protection and restoration of nature for the benefit of all communities in the country.
Here are some ways to start:
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Congress can help us recover from #COVID19 by ensuring that ALL communities can access the health benefits of nature.
It can do so while also creating up to 700,000 new jobs.
Here’s how we can protect nature and our livelihoods when we need them most: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2020/06/23/486653/powering-americas-economic-recovery-protecting-restoring-nature/
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Build parks + Reforest lands + Clean up mines and oil wells + Restore our coasts + Remove unnecessary dams = 700,000 jobs
Congress can power America’s economic recovery by helping protect 30% of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030. #Protect30x30
Sahir Doshi
Research Assistant (Public Lands)
Center for American Progress