Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/environment/ Our Thing Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:03:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/environment/ 144 144 From AOC to Valeria Hinojosa: 5 Latina Environmental Warriors to Follow https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/aoc-valeria-hinojosa-5-latina-environmental-warriors/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:33:09 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=292963 Latine people are impacted by environmental racism every day in the States. Climate change’s serious effects including drought, record-breaking heat, and flooding—major issues impacting the 55% of Latine people in the United States who live in Texas, California, and Arizona. Furthermore, almost half of all Latines in the U.S. live in counties that violate pollution

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]]> header-latina-environmental Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla. Snitch on Environmental Criminals in Costa Rica With This New Feature https://remezcla.com/culture/snitch-environmental-criminals-costa-rica-new-feature/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:26:23 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=275666 Costa Ricans will now be able to more seamlessly file denuncias against people who commit environmental crimes. In an act of lean generosity, the United States donated $16,000 towards the cause. A new feature on the website will allow for traceability to the environmental crimes of fauna (animals) or flora (plants), according to a statement

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]]> Sloth in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica. Getty Images Trump’s Border Wall Construction Crew Is Bulldozing Through Sacred Land https://remezcla.com/culture/trumps-border-wall-construction-crew-bulldozing-sacred-land/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:49:01 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=268962 Environmentalist and Indigenous groups are outraged after a video began circulating on social media showing construction crews bulldozing some of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument’s most iconic cacti in an effort to build President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall. While the footage only shows a bulldozer moving a fallen cactus out of the way, Kevin

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]]> U.S.-Mexico border wall at Nogales, Arizona, USA Photo by Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo / Moment “We Are Chosen for Basically the Shortest Straw”: Young Latinas on How Climate Change Affects Us https://remezcla.com/features/culture/young-latinas-on-how-climate-change-affects-us/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 21:26:53 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=268125 On a not-quite summer, not-quite fall New York City day, the youth came out in droves to once again show that climate change is the most pressing issue on a global scale. Some missed classes. Some took a day off work. And many of them showed up early. By 11:30 a.m. – half an hour

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]]> Climate Strike_Itzel Alejandra18 Guardians of the Forest at the Climate Strike in New York City. Photo by Itzel Alejandra Martinez for Remezcla Op-Ed: Why Immigrant Youth Should Lead Climate Change Strikes https://remezcla.com/features/culture/op-ed-immigrant-youth-lead-climate-change-strikes/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:55:44 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=268060 Today, people from all over the world will go on strike, calling for governments to come together and address the greatest challenge facing our generation: climate change. It’s important for immigrant youth, with our transnational experiences and intersectional identities, to be on the frontlines of these efforts. I say this as an immigrant youth myself.

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]]> Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Joins Climate Strike Outside The White House Student environmental advocates participate in a strike to demand action be taken on climate change outside the White House on September 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Julián Castro Was Asked About His Fracking History at Climate Change Town Hall. Here’s What He Said https://remezcla.com/culture/julian-castro-fracking-history-climate-change-town-hall/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:13:10 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=267343 Presidential candidate Julián Castro was a standout at Wednesday night’s seven-hour climate change town hall on CNN. Addressing climate change as an “existential threat,” he got into his plans for reducing carbon emissions and move toward clean, renewable energy. He also addressed his history with fracking. Just a couple of days ago, Castro released his

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]]> Democratic Presidential Candidates Attend Forum On Wages And Working People Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images 5 Ways to Show Solidarity With Brazil as Amazon Fires Rage On https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/amazon-rainforest-fires-how-to-show-solidarity/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:49:59 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=266479 O pulmão do mundo is on fire and has been for a little more than two weeks. After news spread that the incessant blaze in the Amazon was so potent it could be seen from space and that even those abroad would be greatly affected by the site’s partial demise, everyone was suddenly concerned. And

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]]> Indigenous People Protest Ahead Of Climate Summit Representatives of indigenous tribes in Brazil protest in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 1, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Amazon Is Burning at a Record Rate https://remezcla.com/culture/amazon-burning-record-rate-instituto-nacional-de-pesquisas-espaciais/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:40:22 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=266405 The Amazon is on fire. And this year, it has burned an alarming rate. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), which began tracking the fires in Brazil in 2013, said Tuesday that the Amazon region has seen a rise in fires since last year. In 2019, there have been 72,843 fires, half of which were in

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]]> Brazil, Para, Amazon rainforest and clouds Photo by Westend61 / Getty Mexican Scientist Sandra Pascoe Is Working to Create Biodegradable Plastic Bags Out of Nopales https://remezcla.com/culture/sandra-pascoe-plastic-bags/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:51:21 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=257708 As environmental issues become more prevalent, many are trying to find ways to reduce their carbon footprints. At the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in Guadalajara, Sandra Pascoe has successfully used nopales to create biodegradable plastic. It was a series of trial and error for Pascoe, who first started by taking small pieces of dry

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]]> Prickly pear cactus pads sit in a pile at a farm Photo by Bloomberg Creative Photos / Getty REVIEW: In ‘Sea of Shadows’ Documentary, a Journalist Uncovers a Fishing Cartel Who’s Killing the Endangered Vaquita https://remezcla.com/features/film/sundance-review-sea-of-shadows/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:30:07 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=256431 There’s always a staple documentary with an environmental message in the mix of 100 plus movies playing at the Sundance Film Festival. A few years ago, the festival premiered the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, and a decade earlier, it screened the controversial documentary The Cove, which showed the plight of dolphins hunted off the coast of Japan. They

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]]> Sea of Shadows – Still 1 A still from <i>Sea of Shadows</i> by Richard Ladkani, official selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.