Amplifying The Latino Voice About The Environment
Amplifying The Latino Voice About The Environment
By Maite Arce, Executive Director, Hispanic Access Foundation Hispanics are passionate about their public parks and open spaces. Parks are often the center of family life and activities, used as […]
Cuban Oil Drilling Won’t Prop Up Communism
Cuba has been in a state of nearly perpetual poverty since 1992. It’s greatest ally — the Soviet Union — dissolved over the Christmas season of 1991, leaving the island […]
Clean Water Is Important For Everyone
By Elizabeth Shope With just two months before World Water Day on March 22, NRDC, CARE & WaterAid in America have published our annual report about how the United States is doing in implementing the recommendations we […]
Energy Efficiency Now Core Of Americans’ Housing Dreams
By Philip Henderson A recent Yahoo survey about the American consumer’s evolving view of housing provides interesting and strong evidence of a definite market trend. According to the Yahoo survey, energy efficiency […]
The Grand Canyon To Be Protected From Uranium Mining
In what is a defining moment, the Obama administration announced this week measures that will protect the Grand Canyon from future mining activities on over a million acres of public […]
Farmers May Continue Feeding Antibiotics To Healthy Cattle
By Barry Estabrook The Food and Drug Administration has done everything in its power to prevent you from reading this post. Just before the holidays, the agency charged with protecting Americans’ […]
Energy Efficiency Can Help Us Turn The Economy Around
By David Golstein Recent economic news is not encouraging. The New York Times reports that when it comes to recovery, “experts see a false dawn.” One particularly troubling area is housing, where […]
Latino Sites In NM, CO May Be Added To National Park System
A preliminary report released by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis may add several Latino sites in New Mexico and Colorado to the […]
TX, Chicago Latinos Affected By EPA Mercury Regulations
By Robert Crowe The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce new rules for mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants. Anticipation of the rules sparked a […]
Latino Support Vital To Preserve Colorado River
Though its name might be a little misleading, the Colorado River flows through seven states, running over 1,400 miles through the U.S. Southwest before emptying out into the Gulf of […]
