Latino Youths Take Colorado River Message to Congress

Latino Youths Take Colorado River Message to Congress

Mary Mata August 14, 2013

By Doug Ramsey, Public News Service PHOENIX – Latino students are bringing the plight of the Colorado River to Capitol Hill. Eighteen Latino high school students from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and […]

Ranitas Contaminadas—Agricultural Chemicals in Sierra Frogs

Mary Mata July 29, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco There is a little rhyme in Spanish that goes: “Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana” It is a common rhyme to […]

Get the Lead Out: Ojo Con El Plomo In Your Salsa

Mary Mata July 26, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco *This article was been corrected for accuracy and clarification. The statement “Next time you make enchiladas with El Pato, careful you may get a mouthful of lead […]

Climate change is making private heat islands for Latinos, people of color

Mary Mata July 10, 2013

By Susie Cagle, Grist As if climate change weren’t enough of a huge jerk, now we find out that it’s racist, too — or at least it’s following America’s lead. A […]

Latino Groups Take Sides in Natural Resources Fight

Mary Mata June 21, 2013

By Emma Dumain, Roll Call Two prominent Latino organizations have come out in support of Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva for ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Though the […]

Continuing the Green Case for Immigration Reform

Mary Mata May 8, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco In case you missed it, the Sierra Club came out in support of comprehensive reform—and more explicitly, a path to citizenship. This keeps the debate alive, […]

Latinos Committed to Clean Air & Preventing Climate Change

Mary Mata May 7, 2013

By Adrian Pantoja, PhD, Latino Decisions Contrary to popular assumptions, Latinos are not a single issue group. Like many other Americans, Latinos care deeply about a variety of issues, including protecting […]

Is the Academic and Scientific World Selling Out to Monsanto?

Mary Mata April 26, 2013

By Silvia Casabianca, Saludify We were talking the other day on how the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) message to its 74,000 members became almost automatically compromised as soon as they decided […]

On the Environment and Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco             Last week I attended a presentation by Krista Schlyer, a photojournalist who published a book entitled Continental Divide.  Her presentation […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata April 24, 2013

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) has sent the Superintendence of the Environment—the country’s environmental regulatory body—several claims regarding Hidroaysén’s alleged breach of […]