Latino Leaders Stand Up for Clean Air

Latino Leaders Stand Up for Clean Air

NewsTaco December 2, 2015

*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 […]

These Earthquakes are Fracking Scary

Mary Mata April 17, 2012

By Adam Schwitters, Burnt Orange Report  According to seismologist Bill Ellsworth, lead author of a recent USGS study, there has been a “remarkable increase” in earthquakes magnitude 3.0 or greater in […]

The Gas Price Blame Game

Mary Mata March 20, 2012

By Peter Lehner Every year when gas prices rise, politicians and pundits like to play the blame game. On Fox & Friends, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blamed the Obama administration’s “radical environmental […]

Protesters To Big Oil: Don’t Mess With Texas

Mary Mata February 21, 2012

By Rocky Kistner As Congressional Republicans and Big Oil allies in Washington try to resuscitate the massive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, people on the frontlines have opened a new campaign to stop the […]

Cuban Oil Drilling Won’t Prop Up Communism

Mary Mata February 10, 2012

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 […]

Cuba’s Search For Oil Threatens Florida’s Coasts

Mary Mata February 7, 2012

By Adrianna Quintero Ever since Cuba’s intent to drill within 70 miles of Florida’s coast has become known, concerned Floridians have been reeling with how to protect our treasured Florida […]

South TX Oil Fields: Short-Term Benefits, Long-Term Probs

Mary Mata December 1, 2011

By Roberto R. Calderón So here we are again visiting the subject of the developing oil and gas field by intensive fracking technologies in a wide swath of South Texas counties. The Eagle Ford […]

Keystone Pipeline Stalled, Focus On Real Energy Solutions

Mary Mata November 15, 2011

By Peter Lehner On Thursday the State Department and the President announced they will conduct a new review of the Keystone XL pipeline. More time is needed to examine the […]

Gas Mileage Gains Move the Country Forward

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

By Peter Lehner Today my colleague Luke Tonachel and I represented NRDC at the Washington ceremony where President Obama announced a triumph of American leadership, the single largest step we […]

Yellowstone River Spill Highlights Dangers Of Oil Pipelines

Mary Mata July 8, 2011

By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz Once again this weekend, we saw a clear example of how water and oil don’t mix when an Exxon oil pipeline spewed around 40,000 gallons into the wild Yellowstone […]