Never Before Did So Many Demand Something So Urgently
Javier Sierra Time flies for every inhabitant of this planet, especially our children and grandchildren. While the climate alarms scream ever more loudly, and corporate polluters cover…
A Legacy of Toxic Racism
Javier Sierra You may wonder why we Latinos, as well as other communities of color, receive a pollution punishment much more severe than white Americans. Why do so…
Time to Count Our Blessings
Javier Sierra As the saying goes, “a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.” In this 2021, we ended up with a lot of birds in hand,…
Sick of Cleaning up after Big Oil
Javier Sierra “I hate the smell of crude oil in the morning.” This thought must have crossed the minds of hundreds of thousands of Orange County, CA,…
Sierra Club Endorses Candidates Across New México
The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club recently announced the endorsement of candidates in the upcoming Albuquerque municipal election, as well as endorsements in the Albuquerque Public School…
Are We Latinos a Disinherited Community?
Javier Sierra In this Hispanic Heritage Month, we Latinos need to ask ourselves: Are we a disinherited community? The richness of the Latino contribution to the progress…
Gulf Drilling Condemned as Hundreds of Hurricane-Related Spills Investigated
By Andrea Germanos The fossil fuel industry’s role in environmental destruction is under renewed fire this week after the U.S. Coast Guard announced reports of nearly 350 oil…
Latest Climate Report a ‘Code Red for Humanity’
Less than a decade remains to avoid potentially catastrophic impacts of a warming planet, according to the latest report from the world’s top scientists. Hilda Nucete, organizer with…
Climate Crisis Has Cost Colorado Billions of Dollars
More than a decade after the Fourmile Canyon blaze drove even the firefighters out of Gold Hill, blackened hillsides and scorched trees attest to the Colorado mountain town’s close shave…
The World’s Climate Is in Our Hands
In 30 years, history books will mention August 9, 2021 as a crucial date in the fight against the climate crisis. That day, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on…