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Wed17Sep2008

Struggling through Hurricane Ike

So it seems that Hurricane Katrina wasn't enough practice for the government. Latest news on Hurricane Ike clean up is that FEMA is "struggling" with distribution issues. In other words, folks who are in desperate need of help, simply aren't... Read more »

Wednesday, September 17 2008 | 23:20 H

Mon08Sep2008

ICE Response to Hurricane Gustav Questioned

Remember this notice put out by ICE telling undocumented workers that it would not round them up during Hurricane Gustav evacuations? ... Read more »

Monday, September 08 2008 | 13:57 H

Thu21Aug2008

Early Puberty in Girls Linked to Environmental Pollution, Plastics

I just finished reading a really important and somewhat frightening essay about how early development in young girls (those that develop as young as 7 or 8, or as in one case, as young as 14 months) is linked to... Read more »

Thursday, August 21 2008 | 13:25 H

Mon18Aug2008

The Problem With Palm Oil

Ever wonder what levels of destruction were wrecked on the environment, wildlife and indigenous populations so that you can eat some Cheez-Its? I appreciate the Rain Forest Action Network, as they really seem to understand how their interest in the... Read more »

Monday, August 18 2008 | 13:09 H

Wed13Aug2008

The Gas Immigrants Pass : Being Blamed by White Supremacists for Global Warming

While the name, Center for Immigrant Studies, sounds non-partisan enough, in reality they are a right wing white supremacist hate group using their various fronts to spread lies to feed into the mainstream media and the mainstream media buys it!... Read more »

Wednesday, August 13 2008 | 08:22 H

Fri20Jun2008

Mexico City Limits Car Use on Weekends

Back when I lived in Mexico City, my friends who had cars had to structure their lives around the "Hoy No Circula" program, which dictates one weekday in which your car cannot be driven. The program has been very successful... Read more »

Friday, June 20 2008 | 12:08 H

Tue22Apr2008

5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day : Latino Style

Feliz Earth Day mi gente. Hopefully today you will find a way to do something for madre tierra if you haven't been doing so already. Here are some quick and easy things you can do right now to celebrate and... Read more »

Tuesday, April 22 2008 | 10:00 H

Fri18Apr2008

When Latino Corporate Fighters Win Awards, The Corporates Get Mad

What does a multi-national company do when two Ecuadorians fighting against them win an award? They launch a PR battle attack. Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza were named the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients for their 14 year grassroots struggle... Read more »

Friday, April 18 2008 | 10:07 H

Thu27Mar2008

Ecuadorian Modelo/Assemblymember Wants to Save the Environment but Not Rape Victims or GLBT People

Trying to show she's more than just a pretty face, Rosanna Queirolo, won a seat on the Ecuadorian National Assembly on a platform promising to protect the environment and to provide a bridge to the Ecuadorian immigrant community in the... Read more »

Thursday, March 27 2008 | 11:52 H

NY Rican State Senator Serrano (and a Hot Colombian I Know) Want NY State to Adopt Earth Hour

A hot Colombian I know sent me this video the other day, informing me about the Earth Hour movement around the world. I had my doubts about one hour of no electricity meaning anything, but if anyone could get me... Read more »

Thursday, March 27 2008 | 09:52 H

Thu14Feb2008

Timber Mill Raids in Brazil

Not too long ago , I wrote about the alarming rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Well finally the Brazilian government has taken some action, raiding 8 illegal sawmills and confiscating 10,000 cubic meters of lumber.Police began moving in... Read more »

Thursday, February 14 2008 | 07:42 H

Tue29Jan2008

Sea Lion Massacre in the Galapagos

Few people actually care when Latin American people get massacred but Latin American animals still get our sympathy. 53 sea lions, 13 pups, 25 youngsters, nine males and six females, were found with their heads smashed in on Pinta island,... Read more »

Tuesday, January 29 2008 | 08:50 H

Thu24Jan2008

Chop Chop : Rate of Brazilian Deforestation Up

Green is the new black unless you're the Amazon forest in Brazil which has recently seen a spike in deforestation.In the last five months of 2007, 3,235 sq km (1,250 sq miles) were lost. Officials say rising commodity prices are... Read more »

Thursday, January 24 2008 | 09:39 H

Thu13Dec2007

Mexico Proposes a Global Climate Change Initiative

The Kyoto Protocol isn't doing enough was the opinion of Mexico's Environment Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali today. Quesada is proposing on behalf of Mexico a global fund which would help developing countries... Read more »

Thursday, December 13 2007 | 15:26 H

Mon15Oct2007

Global warming and people of color

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Monday, October 15 2007 | 18:17 H

Fri24Aug2007

São Paulo Just Says No to Billboards

Stepping out for a walk in any major city means being bombarded by images and words all with one aim: to get you to want something bad enough to buy it. Call it visual pollution. That's what the mayor of... Read more »

Friday, August 24 2007 | 17:05 H

Tue17Jul2007

Dolphin Killer Caught on Video

There's nothing funny about killing dolphins but someone apparently forgot to tell that to a crew of Brazilian fishermen who were captured on video killing 83 dolphins. The video, broadcast on Brazilian television last night, showed the fishermen netting the... Read more »

Tuesday, July 17 2007 | 15:23 H

Wed06Jun2007

Daryl Hannah down for indigenous in Ecuador

Last year, Daryl Hannah was up in a tree with Joan Baez, trying to save an L.A. farm from being taken over by developers. This year, she's got her feet on the ground in Ecuador, for yet another environmental struggle:...Daryl... Read more »

Wednesday, June 06 2007 | 11:57 H

Wed30May2007

Ethanol to lead to tequila shortage?

While some have criticized a boom in ethanol production might lead to deforestation in Brazil, it might have yet another ugly effect on a country a little closer to home: Mexico. Please say it ain't so:Mexican farmers are setting ablaze... Read more »

Wednesday, May 30 2007 | 17:17 H

Tue29May2007

Santiago, shrouded in smog

The Chilean capital of Santiago is yet again under an emergency alert for the levels of smog reached in the city. The above photo from Spain's 20 Minutos shows the city almost invisible and covered by smog on May 24th.... Read more »

Tuesday, May 29 2007 | 12:15 H

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