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November 21, 2009

Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.

November 20, 2009

Biodiversity Report from Americas Program of CIP—November 2009

November 18, 2009

As part of NBC Universal’s “Green Is Universal” campaign, mun2 kicks off Green Week with eco-friendly on-air and online content.

Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.

November 16, 2009

Turtles Are Casualties of Warming in Costa Rica

November 13, 2009

Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world’s highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 — the biggest annual decline in two decades

November 9, 2009

Ancient trees at risk in Peru – The huarango is a celebrated Peruvian tree that can live for over a thousand years.

November 7, 2009

In pictures: Yucatan wonders – (wow some amazing photos)

November 5, 2009

State Senator Gilbert Cedillo AND LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS HOST “EL PODER VERDE” GREEN JOBS SUMMIT

November 2, 2009

Green Jobs: Opportunity for Latinos – Hispanics could put skills from declining industries to work in a sector that shows more promise

October 17, 2009

Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico’s Beaches

September 28, 2009

Nearly 70% of Argentine forests lost in a century

September 24, 2009

The Life and Death of a Mexican Environmental Prophet – Felipe Arreaga Sanchez, leading environmentalist from the Sierra Madre in Guerrero

Barack Obama’s call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source – U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.

Last week marked the beginning of a sea change in U.S. and Cuba cooperation on the environment. Our Oceans team invited and secured visas for a delegation of Cuban scientists to come to the U.S. for meetings with EDF and other partners.

September 21, 2009

New “Pulso Verde” Blog Brings Diverse Environmental Voices to Latino Audience

September 17, 2009

AT&T Scientist’s Green Advancements Recognized by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute – Dr. Alicia Abella

September 2, 2009

The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, or AECID, said it would provide more than $1 million to fund several environmental projects in Mexico

August 26, 2009

Bizarre-Looking Mexican Water Monster Faces Extinction – the Mexican axolotl

Gotcha! NBC Catches Mayor Villaraigosa Illegally Using Water

August 25, 2009

Mexico’s water commission warned Monday of the risk of a “critical” water shortage at the start of 2010 and called on state governments to act now to save water.

August 24, 2009

Mexico City bans plastic bags, so why can’t Chicago?

August 12, 2009

Immigrants Are ‘Greening’ our Cities, How About Giving them a Break?

August 10, 2009

Rethinking Hazardous Waste under NAFTA

August 3, 2009

Biodiversity Report from the Americas Program of CIP—July 2009

July 28, 2009

Mexico City authorities have announced an emergency, 10-month water rationing plan in response to severe shortages that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard blames on global warming.

June 26, 2009

New Education Building at National Hispanic Cultural Center Awarded Top Environmental Certification – Albuquerque

June 25, 2009

15 year old Texan Javier Fernández-Han Invents Algae-Powered Energy System

June 17, 2009

France and Mexico are to launch a joint observatory to unite scientific work on the environmental impact from humans and climate change on Mexico’s coastlines

June 11, 2009

Bullets don’t stop Guatemala green activist – Yuri Melini was shot seven times by an assailant nine months ago. The outspoken champion of environmental causes has made many enemies, and gained recognition too.

June 5, 2009

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Thursday launched a joint 100 million dollar project to protect Mexico’s environment with the government and the World Wildlife Fund.

June 4, 2009

Mexico is failing to stop deforestation, despite planting millions of trees, Greenpeace said here Wednesday, two days before the country hosts the UN World Environment Day.

May 7, 2009

New Sierra Club Poll Shows Hispanic Voters Concerned about Global Warming and Energy

April 27, 2009

President Barack Obama’s recent easing of travel restrictions on Americans visiting relatives in Cuba may open the door to greater cooperation between these two nations, long at odds with one another. This could be of immense importance not only to Cuban-Americans and their native island neighbors, but to preserving Cuba’s unique, and increasingly threatened, coastal and marine environments.

A Green Latino Movement in South Los Angeles – Mujeres de la Tierra

April 15, 2009

Caning the Border Patrol – Barrio de Colores and the plan to use herbicide to get rid of cane on the Rio Grande

March 23, 2009

In just under 60 years, per-capita availability of water in Mexico has fallen by 75 percent,

March 17, 2009

Thousands of Peru citizens clean up Lima beaches

March 9, 2009

Prince Charles pushes eco-agenda in Latin America

February 18, 2009

Climate Change’s Economic Assault On The Andes – Peru

January 29, 2009

Chilean High Rise Wrapped in a Living Green Wall