Texas Blackouts Thread
Our own national policy manager, Michael Bueno — like many of our members — lives in South Texas, and is experiencing extremely cold temperatures, rolling blackouts, boil orders, and shortages in the grocery store, as millions of Texans struggle through this climate emergency. Michael put his thoughts on this community and climate crisis in the […]
A Pivotal Moment for Clean Transportation
As a New Yorker, both of birthright and spirit, I have spent my entire life developing my deep love for cities. The work I do centers on examining the tools and infrastructure that support the future of cities, with a focus on equity in transportation. Transportation that can create more equitable access to places and […]
Fighting for the Water that Sustains Us
This article was originally published in Spanish in La Opinión, Luchar por el agua que nos sustenta es prioritario. Water is life — from drinking water to our nation’s rivers and the ocean that sustains us all. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a non-partisan association of major Hispanic and Latino organizations and leaders, has […]
The Environmental Heritage of Día de Los Muertos
Día de Los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — offers Latinos in the United States and Latin America a few days annually to welcome back the souls of their ancestors with offerings of food, drink and celebration. While the roots of this festivity go back some 3,000 years to the rituals of Azteca, […]
Calling for an End to Routine Flaring Nationwide
We live in U.S. oil and gas development zones, surrounded by facilities leaking air pollutants like methane. Each of us lives in a remote part of Texas. Neta is in the West Permian Basin region and Virginia in the Eagle Ford Shale region. While we live on two completely different ends of the state, our […]