The Environment

La agencia fiscalizadora afirma que los consumidores pueden acudir a esta para hacer valer sus derechos y ordena a la corporación tejana establecer un protocolo para divulgar la información completa de sus servicios y el mecanismo para que los clientes puedan objetar las facturas. Mientras, la compañía puertorriqueña Maximo Solar Industries la demanda y le acusa de prácticas monopolísticas.

The oversight agency ruled for consumers, ordering the Texas corporation that it establish a protocol to disclose complete information about its services.

Les pedimos a los legisladores que respalden un proyecto de ley que incluya lo siguiente.

It is a hallmark of what those of us in the complex problems field call a “VUCA” world—a world that’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.

Despite the alarming anti-Indigenous measures that the Bolsonaro administration has taken over the past month, the message of the “Red January” protests is one of hope and resilience.

It may well be the last chance the island gets to honor the promise of justice long forgotten.

The story of a silent environmental disaster.

Cáceres was shot dead in March 2016, after leading a campaign to fight the internationally financed Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam, which was being built on a river sacred to the Lenca people.

“Over 78 percent of Latinos have personally experienced the effects of climate change in their state.”

This is not the dystopian world of tomorrow. This is unfolding today right before our very eyes and it will continue to get worse if we don’t reverse course.

“Right now we’re working with whatever is left at the farm, but it’s practically over,” one seasonal worker said.

Real climate leadership means not only speaking about making a change, but taking action for a sustainable future that truly reaches everyone.

Cerrejón’s motto, “responsible mining,” seems far removed from the realities we witnessed.

Bases slated to house families have a history of radioactive and chemical contamination.  

One reform will have the effect of hiding critical information from nearby communities, as well as allowing those who produce this waste to not have to respond for the pollution caused.

Our research on rainwater harvesting suggests this technique could be deployed across the Caribbean to improve these communities’ access to water both after storms and in everyday life.

What is happening in Culebra, Puerto Rico?

Al oeste de la Isla había una minired eléctrica independiente que permitió al pueblo de Mayagüez recuperarse rápido después de la peor catástrofe en casi cien años. Luego de esta experiencia, el gobierno quiere replicar ese modelo energético.

On the western side of the island, there was an independent mini power grid that allowed the town of Mayagüez to recover quickly after the worst catastrophe in almost 100 years. After that experience, the government wants to replicate that energy model.

A single mother of two, Francia Márquez Mina led a successful fight to reverse a multinational gold mining concession that would have forced the relocation of her home town of La Toma.

Tras la destrucción ocasionada por los dos huracanes poderosas que golpearon el territorio estadounidense, los temores de los residentes adquieren una nueva urgencia.