The pandemic, with help from the Trump administration, is stripping away the camouflage of those hidden pockets of shameful inequality, social injustice, political oppression and otherwise inhumane practices and policies that have always lurked beneath the hype of the…
By Todd Myers LatinaLista (This op-ed originally appeared on CrossCut the week of Sept. 20, 2019) As Amazon workers and others walk out Friday for the Sept. 20 Climate Strike, they can take one of two lessons from…
LatinaLista What do Ben & Jerry’s, Lush Cosmetics, Kickstarter and SodaStream have in common? Aside from being successful businesses, they are a few of the more than 700 companies that are observing today’s Global Climate Strike. As of this…
By Felipe Benítez LatinaLista September 22 marks the 25th National Public Lands Day, the largest, all-volunteer event focused on restoring America’s public lands. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and volunteer organizations from all across the country team up with…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force After the founding fathers put together the Constitution, James Madison penned the additional Bill of Rights in 1791. Too bad protecting the environment wasn’t included. At the end of the 18th…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force A new report, Saving Energy, Saving Lives: The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency, was recently released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The…
By Diane MacEachern Moms Clean Air Force One of the fastest, easiest and most significant ways to help stop climate change is by changing driving habits. You don’t need to give up driving, and you don’t need to buy…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Back in 2012, I wrote about the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the impacts of pollution that traveled via wind from one state to another. It was a look at…
By Molly Rauch Moms Clean Air Force Ever since Scott Pruitt joined EPA, there have been a slew of reversals and delays of various rules already on the books. A birds-eye view of this regulatory shift shows that…
By Erika Ebsworth-Goold Futurity After conducting a new research approach using actual commutes, engineers discovered a simple shift can reduce the health risks of air pollution on the road. Research has linked an increased amount of air pollutants…
Moms Clean Air Force Air pollution can cause serious health problems. Rarely, it can even kill people — and we’re not exaggerating. That’s why we care so much about the laws that protect us from air pollution. Read on…
By Adrianna Quintero ncluido The Clean Water Act turns 45 years old in October. It is a landmark law that has saved lakes and rivers and has been used to hold polluters accountable for decades. It contains a bold…
By Melissa Vargas Incluido EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt likes to argue that EPA should focus more on its “core missions,” yet he comes to Congress to argue that funding for most of those very missions – such as protecting air and…
By Diane Maceachern Moms Clean Air Force The Clean Air Act is coming under attack for being unnecessary and too costly to enforce. But the ‘State of the Air 2017’ report from the American Lung Association (ALA), shows that millions of people…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Latinos in certain Chicago neighborhoods face worse physical and mental health and more food insecurity than nationwide, according to a new report, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. For the report, the Sinai Community Health Survey 2.0, researchers from the…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Latino kids who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. USC researchers tracked 314 overweight/obese Latino kids ages…
By Katy Farber Moms Clean Air Force When you drive along an interstate, or through a big city, how many times do you see local schools right up near the highway? Probably often. Sometimes you can’t see them, because…
By Blaine Friedlander Futurity A new way to test for a wide range of micropollutants in waterways has already turned up a nightmarish cocktail of contaminants. “Water quality monitoring is conventionally done by narrowly investigating one or a few contaminants at…
By Thania Benios Futurity Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. Research now reveals that this changing global emissions map is creating…
By MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE This is an excerpt from the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2016” report. The American Lung Association’s 2016 “State of the Air” report found continued improvement in air quality, but more than half…
By Stephanie Desmon Futurity Even low levels of air pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition linked to premature births and lifelong health problems in children, new research shows. Fine particles from car exhaust, power plants, and other…
LatinaLista — In 2014, the World Health Organization cited Lima, Peru, a city of almost 10 million, as having the worst air pollution in all of Latin America. Since then, various initiatives have been proposed to relieve the health…
LatinaLista — Pedro Castañeda Jiménez's latest invention isn't just blowing smoke. Rather, it's a welcome creation that could cut down on one of the major sources of urban pollution — car emissions. Castañeda Jiménez's invention has the potential of…
By Lisette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force As a hard-working single mother of a five year old, I am deeply concerned by environmental issues that impact my daughter’s well-being, such as carbon pollution. The damage we have caused our…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Ignite a global campaign to fix the ocean The ocean makes 70% of the air we breathe, and the clouds that give us fresh water to drink. The ocean stabilizes our climate, and supports the life…
