Grijalva Wants to Diversify Environmental Movement
*There’s a growing movement of Chicano/Latino environmentalists, I’m sure Grijalva has it in mind when he talks about diversity. But my feeling is he wants to go deeper, to make […]
Monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico lost 24 acres to illegal logging, studies show
*Scientists have been working for several years, trying to figure out why the population of Monarch butterflies is diminishing. This isn’t to say that unlawful logging is the reason, but it […]
Latino Leaders Stand Up for Clean Air
*According to the National Hispanic Medical Association “As of 2008, 4.7 million Hispanics had been diagnosed with asthma. In their lifetime, Latinos are three times more likely to die from […]
EPA Slow to Halt Use of Deadly Pesticide
*This is a cause that doesn’t go away because the use of pesticides doesn’t subside. The chemical in this case, Endosulfan, is, according to an environmental toxicologist, “highly, highly, highly […]