Bothersome Texas Politics: 100 Bills To Control Latinos

Bothersome Texas Politics: 100 Bills To Control Latinos

Mary Mata July 19, 2012

By Dr. Henry Flores I simply don’t know how to think of what is happening in the contemporary Texas political environment but it kind of worries me on various levels.  Some […]

Fires In The Southwest Symptom Of Climate Change

Mary Mata June 22, 2012

By Renee Blake/Beth Blakeman, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Frequent fires are popping up around New Mexico from a mix of lightning, dry days, hot winds and bark […]

Death Toll in U.S. Cities Will Rise From Higher Temperatures

Mary Mata May 29, 2012

By La Onda Verde Climate change is literally killing us. According to NRDC’s “Killer Summer Heat” report, more than 150,000 Americans could die by the end of this century due to […]

Clean Air Laws Don’t Kill Jobs; Pollution, Climate Change Do

Mary Mata December 27, 2011

By Peter Lehner Ron Craft is a fourth-generation cotton ginner in Plains, Texas struggling through a tough year.Earlier in the fall, he predicted business would drop by 75 percent, and […]

Climate Change Means Higher Medical Costs

Mary Mata November 29, 2011

By Frances Beinecke When I speak to lawmakers and business leaders about the costs of climate change, they tend to think in terms of damaged property and lost agricultural revenue. Certainly […]

U.S. Climate Change Health Care Costs Hit $14 Billion

Mary Mata November 8, 2011

Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars and over 760,000 interactions with the health care system, are among the staggering figures resulting from a key set of climate-change related events in […]

Gas Mileage Gains Move the Country Forward

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

By Peter Lehner Today my colleague Luke Tonachel and I represented NRDC at the Washington ceremony where President Obama announced a triumph of American leadership, the single largest step we […]