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Javier Sierra

A Conversation with Nancy Sutley, Head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Javier Sierra | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Council on Environmental Quality, Sierra Club, Latinos and Environment, Ceq, Environmental Justice, Hispanics and Environment, Javier Sierra, Nancy Sutley, Hispanic, Obama Administration, Latinas and the Environment, Global Warming, Politics News
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As a Latina, Sutley is aware of our community's disproportionate suffering from the consequences of environmental degradation.

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A Toxic Lesson

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Juan Parras, Latinos, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Justice, Javier Sierra, Epa, Hispanic, Air Quality, Pollution, Lungs, Texas, Hispanics and the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Education, Sierra Club, Cesar Chavez High School, Houston, Latinos and the Environment, Contamination, Toxic Schools, Asthma, Schools, Green News
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In more than half of the investigated schools, students were in danger of contracting cancer and respiratory diseases because of the presence of toxic compounds.

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Coal is Dirty. Period.

Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Sierra Club, Environmental Justice, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Obama Inauguration, Javier Sierra, Environment, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Voters, Obama, Tva, Green News
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The coal industry has been behaving irresponsibly for decades. Each year, coal-fired power plants cause 21,000 hospitalizations, 38,000 heart attacks and 24,000 unnecessary deaths.

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Fat Cows and Thin Cows

Javier Sierra | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Latinos, Green Jobs, Bible, Javier Sierra, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Obama, Clean Energy, Sierra Club, Latino Voters, Cows, Environment, Hispanic Voters, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Power, Great Depression, Green News
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President-Elect Barack Obama owes his title not only to quite possibly the best presidential campaign in history, but also to the Latino vote. More than two thirds of us voted for him.

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Something Is Rotten at the EPA

Javier Sierra | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Energy, Gas Prices, Environmental Protection Agency, Javier Sierra, Epa, Environment, Stephen Johnson, Renewable Energy, Henry Waxman, Hispanics, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Green News
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The EPA is charged with keeping our communities safe from environmental degradation, something we Latinos know first hand. Sixty-six percent of us live dangerously close to a toxic site.

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