For Latinos, the Climate Crisis Flames Burn Hotter
The warnings from Pachamama, our Mother Earth, about our abusing the only habitable planet we know are growing in intensity. The US Northwest and Canada’s Southwest have suffered the…
Fighting Global Warming Requires An Equity Approach
Bigger wildfires, more frequent heat waves, longer summers, more intense droughts and warmer seas. Climate change is speeding up, making life harder for Americans, reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)….
The Climate Crisis Is a Crime That Should Be Prosecuted
Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene. This crime has been going on for decades. We see its effects in the horrific heat and wildfires…
Oil and the Future Don’t Mix
Javier Sierra It has been a very lousy spring for Big Oil, with a historic string of upsets. The first one took place in the Netherlands, where…
Essentially Heroic Women
Javier Sierra The next time that you eat fruits or vegetables, thank the campesinas whose back-breaking labor under inhumane conditions bring them to your table. Extreme heat, pesticide exposure,…
Oppose Pollution: Support Environmental Legislation
by Luis A. Torres, Ph.D. If you breathed air today and/or drank water, thank the environment. If you breathed clear and clean and fresh air, and you drank pure…
They Are Afraid of Us
Javier Sierra After the most secure election that saw the highest voter turnout in history, Republican governors and state legislators are making it clear they are afraid of us,…
A ‘Silent Killer’
Javier Sierra With each new study, we are learning fossil fuel pollution is much more dangerous and lethal than presumed, especially to communities like mine. A study by a…
The Spirit of César Chávez is in the Oval Office
Javier Sierra We’ve gone from hearing that we Latinos are criminals and drug traffickers, to seeing a bust of César Chávez sitting right behind the desk of our new…
An Unforgivable Sin of Neglect
Javier Sierra Get ready for a devastating report. As a consequence of the climate crisis, “we cannot rule out catastrophic outcomes where human life as we know it is…