Latino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change

The Associated Press ^ | June 12, 2022 | By ANITA SNOW (D-AP)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

PHOENIX (AP) — … After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands.

“There has been a real national uprising in Latino activism in environmentalism in recent years,” said Juan Roberto Madrid, an environmental science and public health specialist based in Colorado for the national nonprofit GreenLatinos. “Climate change may be impacting everyone, but it is impacting Latinos more.”

U.S. Latinos often live in ignored, lower income neighborhoods that are degrees hotter than nearby areas because they have a higher population density and limited tree canopy. Hispanics are also disproportionately affected by chronic health conditions aggravated by extreme heat, like diabetes and heart and kidney disease.

Latino activists are now sounding the alarm about the risks of global warming for their neighborhoods and the world.

Recent research shows most Latinos in the U.S. consider climate change an important concern.

A Pew Research Center study released last fall showed about seven in 10 Latinos say climate change affects their communities at least some, while only 54% of non-Latinos said it affects their neighborhoods. The self-administered web survey of 13,749 respondents had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Latino and other communities of color are disproportionately affected by climate change, such as more frequent, intense and longer heat waves in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and other arid western communities.

A study by researchers from the University of California, Davis and the American University of Beirut concluded last year that poor and Latino neighborhoods in 20 metro regions around the Southwest endure temperatures several degrees higher on the hottest days, creating greater risks for heat-related illness.

[Jeff Chandler]

but it is impacting Latinos more

Liberals clapping like trained seals.

[God luvs America]

By all accounts its also leading a mass exodus from the demoKKKrat party

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Once again, I find myself saying “Why do I doubt this”

[Impala64ssa]

Like any other “crisis” “women, persons of color, LGBT+ hardest hit”. There is climate change occurring, but it’s G-D MADE CLIMATE CHANGE.

[antidemoncrat]

“PHOENIX (AP) — … After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands”

Grade “AAA” Bullshit

[FlingWingFlyer]

These freeloading bass turds need to go the hell home and clean up the sewers THEY CRAWLED OUT OF. They don’t need to be up here in the U.S. setting up taxpayer supported government jobs for themselves. Deport them. Mexico needs the activists worse than America does. GTHO!

[gibsonguy]

GreenLatinos= deluded idiots. AP has really kicked it up a few notches lately in the BS race.

[alloysteel]

“Global warming” would mean that we raise bananas in Labrador, and no longer have to depend on Guatemala.

And think of the savings in shipping costs as these Labrador-grown bananas were shipped to Europe across the Arctic Ocean.

Greenland at last becomes truly green. Where they could grow citrus and avocados, and perhaps even vineyards.

I just do not see a downside to global warming.

[Tupelo]

I have two granddaughters in the Phoenix area, one Latina & one Anglo-Saxon. I will have to ask them which one is suffering more.

[Deaf Smith]

Bullet points of the article.

Hispanics:

Moved to the desert

Will not plant trees or grow grass

Poor diet gives them diabetes, heart and kidney disease

[FlingWingFlyer]

"After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands”.

It sounds like Senorita Snow has been snortin' a little too much snow. The sewerage and garbage floating up on California beaches is coming from the latino's "ancestral homelands". DON'T DO DRUGS!!! And stop peeing on my leg and telling me it's raining, IDIOT!!!

[quantim]

All this time I did not know that Latinos were green, silly me.

[adorno]

I would bet that, 90%-98% of Latinos have no clue or don’t care about climate-change.

But, like most of democrat statistics, AP is making it up as they go and as they want to guess.

That a couple or a few Latinos are engaged on climate-change research, does not mean that a lot of Latinos are engaged and care about climate-change.

[smokingfrog]

what a load …

[Steve_Seattle]

"U.S. Latinos often live in ignored, lower income neighborhoods that are degrees hotter than nearby areas because they have a higher population density and limited tree canopy."

You could say the same thing about millionaires living in high-end condos in Manhattan. I get so tired of this BS.

[eyeamok]

After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects,

I can't read anymore after the first sentence. Bring back Sanitariums

[ROCKLOBSTER]

U.S. Latinos often live in ignored, lower income neighborhoods that are degrees hotter than nearby areas because they have a higher population density and limited tree canopy. Hispanics are also disproportionately affected by chronic health conditions aggravated by extreme heat/i>

Well, they could always become Canadians.

[butlerweave]

After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects , were they on Drugs at the time ? LOL

[Steve_Seattle]

"Poor diet gives them diabetes, heart and kidney disease."

I went to a sit-down Mexican restaurant a few days ago for the first time in several years, and I was reminded of the HUGE portions of carbs that are served in those places. The plates are double the size of a normal dinner plate.