Tag Archives: Environment
Extra Edition: Update on Wildfires.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 PROGRAM # 9371 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Update on Wildfires. California is bracing for an extended wildfire season. This fire season has been more destructive than last year’s and more fires are forecast for the next few weeks, fueled by a combination of heat, wind and drought. The White House approved […]
Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Además, Banning Chlorpyrifos.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9360 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino students highlighting the […]
Communities Responding to Emergencies.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9361 12:00 PM PDT Communities Responding to Emergencies. Raging wildfires in California are engulfing mountain towns in flames, covering skies with huge clouds of smoke, and forcing first responders to operate in crisis mode. How can families and communities prepare for emergencies? How can vulnerable communities build collective resiliency? How […]
Extra Edition: Wildfires and Covid – A Repeat.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 PROGRAM # 9350 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Wildfires and Covid – A Repeat. As the nation recovers from the pandemic, the wildfires that ravage California and Western states are making people more vulnerable to Covid. Exposure to smoke pollution increases the risk of contracting Covid. A researcher discusses his findings and […]
“Code Red for Humanity.”
MONDAY, AUGUST 16 PROGRAM # 9349 12:00 PM PDT “Code Red for Humanity.” UN scientists are warning that global warming is fastly worsening, the world is running out of time, and humans are “unequivocally” to blame. “The alarm bells are deafening,” they say. What are the takeaways of the UN report? What are the foreseeable […]
The language of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine. Also, Biden’s Plan on Clean Cars.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 PROGRAM # 9345 12:00 PM PDT The language of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine. A renowned medical expert is questioning the use of current racial and ethnic categories to measure human similarities and differences. The current classification has led to the exclusion of non-White communities and to damaging health consequences. At a […]
Wildfires and Covid.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 PROGRAM # 9340 12:00 PM PDT Wildfires and Covid. As the nation recovers from the pandemic, the wildfires that ravage California and Western states are making people more vulnerable to Covid. Exposure to smoke pollution increases the risk of contracting Covid. A researcher discusses his findings and provides recommendations for individuals and […]
Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Also, The Covid Costs to Farm Workers.
THURSDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 9325 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Last year, California banned the sale of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide linked to brain damage in children. Now, lawyers for parents who live in Central Valley communities contaminated by the toxic chemical for decades are suing Dow Chemical and its […]
Extra Edition: The Drought Emergency.
THURSDAY, JULY 15 PROGRAM # 9318 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: The Drought Emergency. As the heat wave exacerbates the drought across the West, Gov. Newsom in California asked residents to cut their water use by 15% and extended emergency drought declarations to some counties. The nation’s largest water reservoirs in Arizona, California and Nevada […]
Secretary Granholm on the Infrastructure Plan. Public Banking. A Decade of Fair Food.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 9317 12:00 PM PDT Secretary Granholm on the Infrastructure Plan. In this conversation, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm talks about the disproportionate impact the extreme heat wave and the record-breaking wildfires are having in Latino communities, as well as the drying up of jobs in agriculture because of the drought. […]
