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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California está actualizando nuevamente el sistema que utiliza para decidir qué comunidades contaminadas deben recibir fondos para la limpieza. La herramienta, CalEnviroScreen, ya ha canalizado miles de millones de dólares a los barrios más afectados del estado, pero los críticos afirman que aún ignora a algunos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California is again updating the system it uses to decide which polluted communities get cleanup funding. The tool, CalEnviroScreen, has already steered billions of dollars to the state’s most burdened neighborhoods, but critics say it still overlooks some of them. The update is reigniting a long-smoldering...
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Un año después de la segunda toma de posesión de Donald Trump, se perfila una tendencia. A través de docenas de órdenes ejecutivas, memorandos de agencias, decisiones de financiamiento y cambios en la aplicación de la ley, la administración ha debilitado la legislación federal sobre derechos civiles y los...
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One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy. From the start, the U.S. was not built to include...
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Funcionarios federales enfrentan crecientes presiones para que pongan fin a la intensificación de las actividades del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en Minnesota, luego de que una mujer muriera a tiros el miércoles. Activistas comunitarios afirmaron que siguen comprometidos con la búsqueda de justicia, pero el...
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Federal officials face growing calls to end expanded activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota after a woman was fatally shot Wednesday. Community activists said they remain committed to pursuing accountability but the consistent fear is having an effect. The Department of Homeland Security said a woman was...
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In a nation that prides itself on its medical progress, a silent crisis has been affecting millions of people, especially Latino communities. The health of our families, our youth, and our mothers is at risk, and the statistics don’t lie. Maternal mortality among Latinas continues to rise, chronic diseases...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El término “huella humana” se ha vuelto omnipresente en el discurso medioambiental moderno, pero para comprender su impacto actual, es necesario entender cómo ha cambiado exactamente esta huella. La huella humana se define hoy en día como «las cantidades de energía, los recursos...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in modern environmental discourse, but to understand its impact today, one must understand how exactly this footprint has changed. The human footprint is defined today as the “energy quantities, resources and products consumed by a human...