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 […]

Latino Concern Should Expand to Include Climate Change

NewsTaco April 3, 2014

*Immigration, jobs and education are are top concerns for Latinos, and for good reasons. And climate change should be as well. It’s a top concern at NewsTaco. Congress’ slow action […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata December 6, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Supreme Court ruled this week that the environmental approval for the Pirquenes coal plant in the Biobío Region was illegal, and that […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata November 8, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Fifty half-dressed activists covered in blue paint greeted Senators on their way into the congressional building on Wednesday, advocating for the politicians not […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata October 30, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Chile’s Energy Undersecretary, Sergio del Campo, announced that the government will begin studying the potential for building nuclear power plants again. The government had […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata September 4, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile The Supreme Court made a landmark decision rejecting the controversial 2100 MW Castilla coal-fired power plant, proposed by Brazilian businessman Eike […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata August 21, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile With 70 votes in favor, Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approved the creation a Commission for Hydro Resources, Desertification and Drought this week to […]

Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News

Mary Mata August 7, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde Chile While the two companies who own the proposed Hidroaysén dam project in Patagonia, Endesa and Colbún, hope to resume the project before the […]

Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment News

Mary Mata July 31, 2012

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde Chile While non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) currently accounts for 3 percent of Chile’s electricity, there is a portfolio of new NCRE initiatives that would generate […]

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 […]