Environment

Heidy García juega con Tiana Cruz en el North Shore Rotary Park de Cloverleaf. Los pequeños parques del vecindario son algunos de los pocos puntos de encuentro de la comunidad. Foto: Danielle Villasana/The Texas Tribune.

Latinos Affected by Oil Industry Giant Demand Answers about Respiratory Problems

In Texas, in the vicinity of the largest petrochemical complex in the country, communities are exposed to polluted air caused by the giant oil industry. To warn the population to take protective measures, decades ago the state’s environmental authorities installed dozens of monitors.

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Extra Edition: Petrochemical Pollution Ravages Community.

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 PROGRAM # 10312 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Petrochemical Pollution Ravages Community. As previously reported, human rights organizations revealed the devastating effects that toxic pollution from hundreds of industrial plants in Houston’s Ship Channel region, the largest petrochemical complex in the US, is having on the health of local communities. The watchdogs […]

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Gasoductos cerca del Canal de Navegación de Houston en Pasadena. En las comunidades cercanas, los vecinos dicen que el aire con frecuencia huele a huevo podrido, esmalte de uñas o llantas quemadas. Foto de Go Nakamura/The Texas Tribune.

(Español) Expuestos y en el olvido por fallas en el sistema de control ambiental

(Español) “A pesar de la alta concentración industrial, Texas no evalúa en todos los sitios de monitoreo los seis “contaminantes criterio”.

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A worker removes dried vines from a field in Fresno County on Oct. 13, 202. He said he worked regular shifts in the intense heat the previous week, and was not offered any of the protections required by the state. . Photo: Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED.

(Español) Científicos cuestionan a USDA por gasto ineficiente contra el cambio climático

(Español) La ciencia recomienda los “cultivos de cobertura”, o la rotación de cultivos como lo han hecho los abuelos campesinos; una de las prácticas agrícolas más aceptadas para la conservación inteligente del clima.

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Extra Edition: Planada, One Year After the Floods

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 PROGRAM # 10293 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Planada, One Year After the Floods. One year after the flooding in Planada, Merced County approved a $20 million fund in state aid. What is the plan to distribute the money among the victims? Also, as new storms hit the area, what’s being done […]

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El río Colorado, con niveles históricamente bajos de agua. Foto: HECHO.

(Español) Estados del río Colorado propondrán nuevas directrices para gestión de agua en la sequía

(Español) Las reglas posteriores a 2026 reducirán para esos siete estados el uso de 1.5 millones de acres-pie al año, en tanto que los estados de la Cuenca Inferior todavía están negociando cómo reducir exactamente esa pérdida.

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Recorrido del río Colorado a lo largo de varios territorios indígenas. Foto, de la página web del Departamento del Interior.

(Español) Electores latinos muestran sumo interés en decisiones sobre el río Colorado

(Español) Además de dar esperanza, dichos resultados “son una llamada de atención para seguir luchando por el bienestar de nuestras comunidades…”.

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Extra Edition: Debunking Myths. (Program Repeat). Also, Toxic Oil Pollution Ravaging Communities.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 PROGRAM # 10279 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Debunking Myths. (Program Repeat). Most Latino children in California live in the most contaminated areas and suffer from asthma and diabetes at higher rates than white children. In response, community advocates are launching a campaign to debunk lies and draw the links between these […]

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Spectacular sight of the Colorado river from Glenn Canyon dam with river marinas at a distance, Page, AZ

Megadrought, Water Boards and Elections.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 PROGRAM # 10278 12:00 PM PT Megadrought, Water Boards and Elections. Latino voters show a growing interest over water issues, such as drought, inadequate water supplies and the Colorado River crisis, surveys say. Still, Latino elected officials are often absent in water policy forums and very few are represented in water agency […]

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La icónica actriz, Jane Fonda, en tour para conocer el barrio contaminado donde vive Lucy Molina, que toma el selfie,  y donde el 75% de sus residentes son latinos  de bajos recursos. Foto: Cortesía Lucy Molina.

In Colorado, Residents Question a Praised Environmental Technology

In a heavily polluted Latino neighborhood in Colorado, a pioneering system was installed last year to remove carbon dioxide, a gas linked to global warming, from the air. Recently, supporters of the federally funded project celebrated its achievements and proposed expanding its operations.

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