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  • This Earth Day, elected officials promote CA bill to ‘make polluters pay’

    April 22 was Earth Day, and more than 50 elected officials have signed a letter this week urging lawmakers to make oil and gas companies bear the cost of climate change. The California Polluters Pay Superfund, which went before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22, would assess...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Microplásticos y resistencia a los antibióticos

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Los microplásticos son pequeños fragmentos de plástico que contaminan los océanos, los ríos y el aire. Ahora se están vinculando a una grave amenaza para la salud pública conocida como resistencia a los antibióticos. Los científicos han comenzado a descubrir cómo estas partículas...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Microplastics & Antibiotic Resistance

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Microplastics are tiny plastic fragments that pollute oceans, rivers and the air. They’re now being linked to a serious public health threat known as antibiotic resistance. Scientists have started to uncover how these microscopic particles can be found everywhere from bottled water to...
  • Do You Have a Green Card? Know Your Rights

    It is worrying to see the wave of misinformation circulating about the rights of green card holders in the United States. These rumors cause unnecessary anxiety. “Legal residents have rights here in the United States. They are protected by state and federal laws. They can petition for residency for...
  • ¿Tienes Green Card? Conoce tus derechos

    Es preocupante ver la oleada de desinformación que circula sobre los derechos de los titulares de la tarjeta verde o Green Card en los Estados Unidos. Estos rumores causan una ansiedad innecesaria. “Los residentes legales tienen derechos aquí en los Estados Unidos. Tienen protección de leyes estatales y federales....
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Los vehículos eléctricos de China

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk China se ha convertido rápidamente en una fuerza dominante en el mercado mundial de vehículos eléctricos (VE), superando a los fabricantes de automóviles de EE. UU., Europa y Japón. Las empresas automovilísticas occidentales solían ser líderes en innovación, pero los fabricantes de automóviles...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: China’s Electric Vehicles

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk China has quickly become a dominant force in the global electric vehicle (EV) market, surpassing car makers in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Western car companies used to be the leaders in innovation, but Chinese car makers have surged ahead recently, producing affordable,...
  • Todos somos californianos ahora

    Peter Schurmann American Community Media “Aquí ya no hay primavera.” Esas eran las palabras de una amiga, que nos hablaba el miércoles por la noche desde su casa en Andong, Corea del Sur, donde las llamas que han devastado gran parte del montañoso flanco sur del país están avanzando....
  • We’re All Californian Now

    Peter Schurmann American Community Media “There is no spring here anymore.” That was a friend speaking Wednesday night from her home in Andong, South Korea, where flames that have devastated much of the country’s mountainous southern flank are encroaching. The winter, she said, gave way to summer seemingly overnight,...
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