Environment
Pioneering Washington State Law Gives a Voice to Communities Suffering from Pollution
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee recently signed the landmark Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL), which instructs several of his agencies to reduce the environmental disparities that disproportionately affect communities of color.
(Español) Latinos y afroestadunidenses, los menos ayudados por FEMA tras desastres climáticos
(Español) La mayoría de los recursos terminan en las comunidades blancas, que tienen una recuperación más rápida en términos de riqueza. Después de un desastre climático, los ricos se vuelven más ricos y los pobres más pobres.
Clash on Voting Bills. Also, Environmental Justice Law.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 9282 12:00 PM PDT Clash on Voting Bills. Texas Republicans are redoubling their push for new voter restrictions after Democrat state legislators staged a walkout last week and succeeded in blocking a massive elections bill that would drop voting sites in the biggest counties, and ban late-night voting, drive-thru voting […]
Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9280 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Climate Corps, Hunger Aid. Young activists are marching for more than 250 miles from the wildfire-ravaged town of Paradise to San Francisco to urge US legislators to support an equity-focused Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands to combat the climate crisis. A parallel […]
Wildfires: The Devastation Begins.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 PROGRAM # 9268 12:00 PM PDT Wildfires: The Devastation Begins. Fueled by drought and climate change, the West Coast’s wildfire season started and so far these fires are proving to be more devastating than last year’s season, which broke records. The state is planning to invest more than ever to combat wildfires. […]
(Español) Algunas partes de California atraviesan por una sequía “excepcional”
(Español) Newsom ordenó a la Junta del Agua considerar modificar los requisitos para las liberaciones de agua de reservorios y limitar desvíos, “para conservar el agua río arriba más tarde en el año y mantener el suministro, mejorar la calidad del agua y proteger las piscinas de agua fría para el salmón y la trucha arcoíris”.
Extra Edition: Drought and Wildfires.
THURSDAY, MAY 13 PROGRAM # 9255 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Drought and Wildfires. California is now in its second year of a drought, and most of the West is under a mega-drought, and both are bracing for another devastating wildfire season. Gov. Newsom declared a drought emergency in two counties, as many expect the […]
(Español) Newsom extiende emergencia por sequía y manda $ 5.1 mil millones para agua y deuda
(Español) “Newsom se comprometió a prohibir los nuevos permisos al fracking para 2024, permitiendo la extracción continua de combustibles fósiles y el uso de agua hasta ese momento. Y no ha tomado ninguna medida para prohibir las granjas industriales o frenar su enorme consumo de agua, concluye el comunicado.
Climate Crisis Summit.
MONDAY, APRIL 26 PROGRAM # 9237 12:00 PM PDT Climate Crisis Summit. As carbon emissions are expected to surge after the pandemic, President Biden pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030. He also called on world leaders joining the climate crisis summit on Earth Day to accelerate their own […]
(Español) Suenan las alarmas, una nueva sequía amenaza a California este verano
(Español) Para casas, granjas y comunidades enteras que dependen de pozos poco profundos como su única fuente de agua “Va a ser feo… realmente malo. Y se pondrá cada vez peor, porque el precio de los pozos está subiendo”, dijo Wesley Harmon, un perforador de pozos de Big River Drilling en Riverdale.
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