Environment
Drinking Water for All.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 PROGRAM # 9105 12:00 PM PST Drinking Water for All. California low-income rural communities of color are the hardest hit by the lack of safe and sustainable drinking water. Yet, they hardly have a voice in the boardrooms where decisions about water resources and drinking water are made. To address racism at […]
Extra Edition: Climate Crisis in the Central Valley.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 PROGRAM #9077 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Climate Crisis in the Central Valley. Communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley have fewer water supply options, are located in areas more likely to flood and experience extreme heat, suffer the worst air and water quality in the state, and are less able to do […]
Time is Running Out on Exide Cleanup.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 PROGRAM #9042 12:00 PM PT Time is Running Out on Exide Cleanup. As the California state agency in charge of cleaning up lead and arsenic contaminated areas in southeast Los Angeles faces complaints of slow progress from neighbors who continue living in toxic homes, state lawmakers continue seeking a compliance audit and […]
New Plan Sought for Major Lead Clean-up in Los Angeles Neighborhoods
After thousands of homes in southeastern Los Angeles were contaminated with toxic lead dust from the Exide Technologies battery recycling plant, the state government responded with what it called the largest environmental cleanup operation in California’s history.
Wildfires Displacement.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 PROGRAM #9016 11:00 AM PT Wildfires Displacement. Wildfires in the West are causing massive destruction of forests and communities and toxic pollution by the smoke. Also, tens of thousands of people in Oregon and California have been displaced. Farmworker communities are being hit by displacement and toxic air pollution, and many have […]
(Español) Orden Ejecutiva de Newsom sobre venta de vehículos de cero emisiones y fracking
(Español) Las tecnologías de cero emisiones, especialmente camiones y equipos, reducen tanto las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero como los contaminantes tóxicos del aire que cargan de manera desproporcionada a nuestras comunidades de color desfavorecidas.
(Español) Ordena Newsom vehículos de cero emsiones para 2035 y prohibir el fracking en CA
(Español) Para proteger la salud y la seguridad de nuestras comunidades y trabajadores, el Estado debe centrarse en los impactos de la extracción de petróleo a medida que se aleja de los combustibles fósiles, trabajando para poner fin a la emisión de nuevos permisos de fracturamiento hidráulico para el 2024.
In a Lead Poisoning Hotspot: What Happened to the Children?
Thousands of homes in cities surrounding a now shuttered battery factory in Southeast Los Angeles were found to be contaminated with lead, a neurotoxic substance that has been detected at high rates in the blood of children who grew up in these communities.
Battling Historic Mega Fires.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PROGRAM #9005 12:00 PM PT Battling Historic Mega Fires. The unprecedented wildfires raging through 13 western states in the US, have burned more than five million acres, including small towns, forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, and are putting millions at risk of inhaling toxic smoke far beyond the fires. The […]
(Español) Cambio Climático amenaza no sólo la salud de los trabajadores expuestos al aire libre
(Español) “El hecho de no poder prender un aire acondicionado es algo muy preocupante, si vas a pasar meses y meses encerrado en esas circunstancias”.
Noticias
- Biden Urged to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir, Who Could Soon Be Deported January 10, 2025
- Jimmy Carter Championed Human Rights But Also Funded & Armed Indonesia's Genocide in East Timor January 10, 2025
- Camp David's Failures: Why Jimmy Carter's Opposition to Israeli Apartheid Wasn't Enough to Secure Peace January 10, 2025
- "Sabotaged by His Own Democratic Party": Ralph Nader on Jimmy Carter's Legacy January 10, 2025
- Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires. His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape January 10, 2025
