Frontera NorteSur Dr. Luzma Fabiola Nava was somewhat startled by the recreational activities she witnessed on a New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. Arriving in the Land of Enchantment to study the Rio Grande, Nava was…
By Pete Altman NRDC Senator Mitch McConnell has been itching for nearly two years to dismantle the Clean Power Plan with an extreme and rarely-used law called the Congressional Review Act. Now that the Clean Power Plan is…
By Diane Maceachern Moms Clean Air Force The Clean Power Plan just hit the national register. It’s goal: to see America’s power plants reduce the amount of climate-changing carbon dioxide they emit by 32%. Utilities have until 2030 to achieve…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The People’s Climate March was a watershed moment. Participants, politicians, and the media got a complete overview of the seriousness of individual and group commitment to making change on the ground….
By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force In his groundbreaking encyclical on climate change, “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis calls on our nation’s leaders to take action. He sends a clear message that without the courage to address the…
LatinaLista — Indigenous people have long been considered the caretakers of the planet. Traditions are passed from generation to generation on exactly how to care for Mother Earth. Until recently, those traditions have not been widely shared with the…
LatinaLista — Wall Street investors — and financial commentators — just hate it when businesses or sectors of the economy blame the weather for low profits or numbers. On CNBC, whenever a new set of financials with dismal numbers…
By Moms Clean Air Force This was written by Joe Romm for ClimateProgress: This may turn out to be one of the most important years in world history. The leading nations of the world are finally making serious pledges…
By Nicole Hernández Hammer LatinaLista As the changing climate continues to transform the American landscape we are beginning to realize the many ways in which our day-to-day lives and the lives of future generations will be different because of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Disappearing Rio Grande Expedition Colin McDonald, an environmental journalist, is following the Rio Grande from source to sea, during one irrigation season, to report on how changes to the river impact the people and places that…
Frontera NorteSur New York City made history when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in September to demand real action on curbing climate change, as the United Nations Climate Summit prepared to convene. September, which followed the hottest August…
LatinaLista — Among the rational, climate change is no longer denied or ridiculed. Rising sea levels, soaring summer temperatures, monstrous storms, tornados and flooding and a drought encompassing most of the planet are clear indicators that something is happening….
By Kerry Trueman Mom’s Clean Air Force There’s no Oscar for Best Manmade ‘Natural’ Disaster, but if there were, Southern California would win in a mudslide. After all, Hollywood’s movie studios have spent decades perfecting the cinematic catastrophe: earthquakes,…
LatinaLista — According to a new survey, Latinos care as intensely about climate change as getting immigration reform passed through Congress. Conducted by Latino Decisions on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the poll reveals that even across…
Frontera NorteSur Certain, small non-agricultural enterprises in the Paso del Norte borderland are now eligible for U.S. Small Business Administration loans because of the drought extending across the region. In an announcement, the SBA included the New Mexico county…
Moms Clean Air Force Five prominent environmental groups have joined together with Canadian musician Gaiaisi to release a music video to raise awareness of the most critical issues facing the human race — climate change. With extreme weather events…
LatinaLista — Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and were able to find a fresh turkey big enough to feed your holiday dinner guests. If you recall, Butterball had announced that they experienced an odd shortage of fresh turkeys…
LatinaLista — Every day the headlines deliver more dire news about the state of our environment. But while these headlines reflect the worst case scenarios, it doesn’t mean all hope is lost. The planet can still be healed as…
LatinaLista — What does the future hold for the planet? After living through the much publicized December 12, 2012 doomsday date with no earth-shattering repercussions, people have become jaded when talk of any future apocalypse is mentioned. While we…
LatinaLista — The United Nations declared 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation — and with good reason. With climate change accelerating severe weather systems, it seems a week doesn’t go by without news of some community on…
By Judith A. Ross Moms Clean Air Force Proof that climate change is everybody’s business was in plain sight at the recent New England Environmental Justice Summit. On a hot, airless, Saturday morning, teens, young adults, baby boomers,…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista A $25 million project to conserve Guatemala’s natural resources and reduce the effects of climate change in the Central American country has been launched with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)….
By Edy Bestle LatinaLista The picture looks like it could have been taken in some awesome and cold place in Europe, right? But that can’t be. It’s summer time there now. In fact, just yesterday, people waiting for word…
By Osvaldo Lopez Rio Grande Guardian The rhythm of the crunching dry soil slowed and eventually came to a halt with a big crash. The girl’s uncle heard and crossed through three rows to find her motionless body face-up….
Mom’s Clean Air Force Latino families are especially vulnerable to health complications from breathing polluted air, which makes them strong supporters of President Obama taking action against climate change by limiting carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants, 18…
