Latinos Nationwide Call for New Power Plant Rules to Curb Climate Change

This summer is already shaping up to be a scorcher. The northeast has gone from sweaters to sweltering in under a week, persistent droughts have brought record setting wildfires in New Mexico, and just weeks into hurricane season, we're already awaiting the fourth named storm in the Atlantic. For many Latinos in these seriously impacted parts of the country and for many who work outside in the heat or live in areas that don't meet clean air rules and are struggling under healthcare costs, the risks of climate change are real. Recognizing this, Voces Verdes , along with a number of Latino organizations nationwide representing Hispanic health professionals are standing up to support new clean air safeguards that might help save lives by cutting pollution from coal power plants.

Over the past two months, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), received an unprecedented two million comments

As a key factor in climate change, carbon pollution can have harmful implications for the health of Latino families. Nearly 83 percent of our nation's farmworkers are Latino, laboring outside for long hours in dangerously hot conditions. Since the 1990s, the rates of heat-related deaths among U.S. farm workers

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Thankfully, our federal government now has a historic opportunity to protect the health of Latino families and all communities. The new rules will help set us on the path to cleaner, safer sources of energy, and the economic growth that comes from new industries like solar energy, wind power, and energy efficiency.