Fracking Impact on Water Worries Californians
New America Media/InsideClimate News, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing, which is used to recover hard-to-reach sources of gas and oil, is emerging as a contentious issue in California.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bxp, california, exploration, fracking, gas, hydraulic, los angeles, oil, residents, water
Dirty Crude Spells Dirty Air in California
New America Media/InsideClimate News, News Report, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
Despite efforts in California to reduce air pollution, dirty crude oil is causing higher greenhouse gas emissions at oil refineries.
Categories: Environment, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ab32, californiaairresourceboard, Californiaoilrefineries, coking, communitiesforabetterenvironment, environmentalprotectionagency, epa, greenhousegasemissions, lowcarbonfuelstandard, unionofconcernedscientists
Manifestantes realizan una vigilia para madre deportada de Los Angeles
Impulso, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
Blanca Cardenas, madre de 2 hijos, Luis y Gloria de un año y 7 meses, fue arrestada y luego deportada al enfrentar una orden de desalojo hace 15 días.
Categories: Foreclosures, Immigration, Latino, NAM en Español
Tags: Blanca Cardenas, deportada, enfrentar una orden de desalojo hace
Expert Says Oil Prices Will Drop, Explains Why Gas Cost Really Spiked
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 01, 2012
GOP candidates blame President Obama for the gas-price spike, but an expert says global oil markets, the real cause, will soon drop.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: gasprices, obama, oilmarkets, oilpipelines, republicancandidates, supplyanddemand, transcanada
Calif. Bill Would Smoke Out Safety, End Use of Toxic Flame Retardants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2012
A new bill would change California’s outdated fire-safety rule for furniture—and get cancer-causing flame-retardants out of your home.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californialegislature, cigarettefires, firesafety, flameretardants, homechemicals, PBDE
BP Exits California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 21, 2012
Oil giant BP is leaving California to better position itself for the burgeoning crude supply from Canada.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bp, california, economy, environment, jobs, keystonexl, oil, pipeline, tarsands
Vast Majority of Latino Voters are Pro-Conservationist, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Latino voters in the southwest are even more likely than the general population to support pro-environment legislation.
Categories: Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: coloradocollegestateoftherockiesconservationinthewestpoll, conservation, hispanicaccessfoundation, latinovoters, publicopinionstrategies
Calif. Investigates Skin-Lighteners for Dangerous Mercury
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Starting next week, California health officials will collect and test a sampling of skin-lightening products in the Bay Area for possible mercury contamination.
Categories: Ethnicities, Health, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: beautyproducts, facecream, health, mercury, mexico, skinlightener, womenshealth
Nebraska Rancher: Keystone Pipeline Decision Shows ‘Courage’
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Randy Thompson says Obama's decision to nix the Keystone pipeline has changed his mind about who he is going to vote for in November.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: nebraska2012, nebraskakeystone, nebraskasandhills, obamakeystone, randythompson
SC Edison, Tribes Fight Over Revenues from Shuttered Coal Power Plant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Navajo and Hopi leaders petitioned California regulators to distribute proceeds from the ongoing sale of pollution credits to fund tribal-owned renewable energy projects.
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: carboncredits, coal, energy, environment, hopi, indiancountry, navajo, reservation, southerncaliforniaedison, triballand