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Fauna that Lived in Ancient Mayan Times Survives Climate Change
June 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fauna that was prevalent at the height of the ancestral Mayan culture has survived prolonged droughts, hurricanes and the deleterious effects of climate change on biodiversity in the areas where the cities of that millennial culture stood, experts say. continue reading »
Latinos Urge Obama to Take Action on Climate Change
June 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Latino families are especially vulnerable to health complications from breathing polluted air, which makes them strong supporters of President Obama taking action against climate change by limiting carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants, 18 Latino organizations told the president in a letter. continue reading »
Latino Organizations Call on Obama, EPA To Address Environmental Issues
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This week, over 20 Latino leaders and organizations submitted a letter to the White House today asking President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency for strong standards to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants. continue reading »
Latinos Getting Fracked?
January 13, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
2012 closed with an interesting note: As reported in this article from Reuters, the term “fracking” was more popular than “climate change” in US online searches. continue reading »
2012 Renews Public Focus on Climate Change
December 27, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
The year 2012 was one of extreme weather: massive floods in Australia stranded entire towns; a day of torrential rains submerged half the Philippines capital; a super-typhoon ravaged the western Pacific; and a record drought seared more than half the continental United States. continue reading »
New Evidence Links Mayan Collapse to Climate Change
November 10, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
The ancient Mayan civilization, which developed a sophisticated culture in the Central American rainforests, vanished mysteriously a thousand years ago. Now, an international team of anthropologists, archeologists, chemists and climatologists says it has identified the cause of the Mayan collapse: climate change. continue reading »
Indigenous, Afro-Hondurans Receive $4.4M Aid To Cope with Climate Change
October 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $4.4 million grant to boost indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples’ ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to reduce their vulnerability to extreme weather events. continue reading »
We Must Win the Real World Hunger Games - by Michael Zacka
September 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thankfully, we're still a long way from the dystopian world depicted in the best-selling "The Hunger Games" trilogy, where food is used as a coercive political tool. Nevertheless, we have reason to be concerned about the geopolitical consequences of world food supplies running low, as analysts predict they will, following yet another summer of extreme weather, including record-breaking drought in the U.S. continue reading »
Latin America and Caribbean Face Close to $100 Billion in Damages from Global Warming
June 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Latin America and the Caribbean face annual damages in the order of $100 billion by 2050 from diminishing agricultural yields, disappearing glaciers, flooding, droughts and other events triggered by a warming planet, according to the findings of a new report to be released at the Rio+20 summit. continue reading »
Over 1 Million Cubans Suffering From Water-Supply Issues
June 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than 1,159,000 Cubans are currently suffering the effects of water-supply problems on the island, a state television news report said. continue reading »
States Ignore Minorities in Climate-Related Disaster Plans
May 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Minority populations across the south and southwest are especially vulnerable to climate change, according to a new report put out by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Local and state governments, it also found, are failing to integrate such concerns into their climate disaster plans. continue reading »
Meet Brazil & Mexico’s Eco-Stars in Al Gore’s “The Climate Reality Project”, Live Stream Here
September 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
"24 Hours of Reality" is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. Check out the stream inside. continue reading »
Climate Change Likely Influenced Mexican Migration North
September 8, 2011 | by LAHT | Latino Daily News
According a report from the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) bank, the migration of Mexicans to the U.S. may have been triggered by a change in climate which dried out much of Mexico’s land, leaving it unsuitable for farming. continue reading »
Study: Most Central & South American Frog Species Extinct or Disappearing
February 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than a hundred researchers from 21 nations ran a five month long project looking to confirm whether any of 100 amphibian species believed to be extinct are still alive. continue reading »
California Zoo Adopts 21 Brazilian Penguins
February 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of 21 Magellanic penguins that were swept last year onto Brazilian beaches, have been sent to the Monteray Bay Aquarium, where a chilly environment was built specially for them. continue reading »
Mexican Monarch Butterfly Colonies More Than Double This Season, L-T Outlook Still Not Good
February 15, 2011 | by Reuters | Latino Daily News
Conservationists and researchers were pleased to see the Mexican monarch butterfly colonies increase by more than 109 percent this year, covering approximately 10 acres of forest. continue reading »
Japan Set to Help Latin America Lessen Climate Change Effect in the Region
January 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support renewable energy and energy efficiency for the mitigation of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. continue reading »
Whales in Argentina Dying in Mass (VIDEO)
December 21, 2010 | by Al Jazeera | Latino Daily News
A sharp increase in the amount of whale carcasses that have been washing ashore in Argentina, has scientist puzzled, trying to figure out what has gone so wrong in the local ecosystem. continue reading »
Guatemala Getting Help to Recover from Onslaught of Natural Disasters
October 12, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An international conference opened in Guatemala today to help in the reconstruction of the Central American country after devastating volcanic eruptions and torrential rains, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledging full United Nations support. continue reading »
