The Problem Is Clear: Latino Community Water Is Filthy

The Problem Is Clear: Latino Community Water Is Filthy

Mary Mata February 11, 2013

By Patricia Leigh Brown, The New York Times Seville, with a population of about 300, is one of dozens of predominantly Latino unincorporated communities in the California Central Valley plagued […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata February 7, 2013

By Anamda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile 4.80 GW of non-conventional renewable energy projects were approved by Chile’s environmental impact system in 2012, more than four times the […]

Where does your agua come from?

Mary Mata February 1, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco If you missed it, recently there was a news story from ProPublica about Mexico drilling into a deep aquifer for drinking water. The catch, as the […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata January 29, 2013

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Hundreds of people took to the streets in the town of Ventanas to march “For a Decent Life,” demanding that no […]

U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink

Mary Mata

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Mexico City plans to draw drinking water from a mile-deep aquifer, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Mexican effort challenges a key tenet of […]

Latino Children Planting the Future

Mary Mata January 24, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco A cool San Francisco Bay morning is warming up on a marshy shore of the Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, part of the East Bay Regional […]

Latin America Green News

Mary Mata

By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde de NRDC Chile Chile’s Minister of Energy, Jorge Bunster, proposed a new tender system for renewable energy, which would competitively bid out renewable energy […]

Latino Activist to Head EPA’s Enviro Justice

Mary Mata

By Brett Israel, New America Media NAM Editor’s note: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is turning to a Houston activist to lead the fight against environmental injustices around the country. Matthew […]

Ojo on Ocean Acidification

Mary Mata January 18, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco Do you recall acid rain? How about the hole in the ozone layer? There may several among us who may not remember the problem of acid […]

Eat Healthy but Cuidado with Superfoods

Mary Mata January 17, 2013

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco Are you familiar with superfoods? A story in The Guardian this week highlighted an issue that has been popping up in recent years: our “superfoods” are the […]