The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
According to a recent Los Angeles Times/USC poll, Latino and Asian voters in California are more concerned about the environment, specifically over global warming, air pollution and contamination of soil and water than their white counterparts. The survey which examined attitudes on several issues such as global warming, air pollution and tainted soil and water, [...]
As featured in the Huffington Post: Latinos are the fastest growing demographic of our population in the United States, and–while not always at the top of the news–Latinos care about clean energy legislation. In fact, according to a recently-released poll, Latinos in three important swing states – Colorado, Florida and Nevada – believe climate change [...]
When the team at Latinovations asked me to reflect on my recent trip to Copenhagen, I wasn’t sure that my focus area of garbage would be of particular interest to their blog readers. Alongside the Cinderella of the United Nations Summit was its less publicized sister, the International Solid Waste Association’s Conference on Waste and [...]
On February 2nd and 3rd, business leaders from around the country convened in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress and voice their support for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in 2010. The group included several prominent Latino business leaders who support climate legislation that will limit emissions and create incentives for the [...]
