@irene_burga@OSHA_DOL@greenlatinos_nm@GreenLatinosCo "Latino workers comprise a significant portion of America’s farmworkers, construction crews, and other outdoor laborers. 83% of U.S. farmworkers are Latino, and nearly half of them reported experiencing heat-related illness in 2022." - Patricia Garcia-Nelson w/ @GreenLatinosCo
@irene_burga@OSHA_DOL@greenlatinos_nm@GreenLatinosCo "But this isn’t just a Latino issue. This is an American issue because these people keep our food supply running, build our homes and highways, and support industries we depend on." - Patricia Garcia-Nelson
HAPPENING NOW: Citizens gather outside NOAA research center in Boulder to protest the firing of hundreds of NOAA and National Weather Service employees. @DenverChannel#copolitics#doge
This rollback is a disaster for Latine communities & climate progress. GreenLatinos stands with our communities & will continue fighting polluters. Read our full statement here: https://t.co/gcy4ejCPY3
🚨 Today Congress voted to roll back methane protections, prioritizing polluters over public health.
Methane is 80x more potent than CO₂ & Latino communities bear the brunt of this pollution. Here’s how key states voted & why this matters. 🧵👇 #ActOnMethane#GreenLatinos
Colorado has been leading on methane reduction, but some reps voted to side with polluters.
✅ Voted to protect methane reduction
Sen. Bennet & Hickenlooper
Reps. Crow, DeGette & Neguse
❌Sided with polluters
Rep Lamborn
Rep Buck
Rep Boebert
Rep Evans
#copolitics
While the Infrastructure Law & Inflation Reduction Act were big steps forward, more work is needed to meet urgent community needs. Our LCJF outlines how we must expand these efforts, especially to tackle pollution. @RepBarragan weighs in👇🏽
https://t.co/4NolOGA1uq
Today 📢 @EnvDefenseFund + partners hand delivered over 85K petition signatures to @USDOT calling for @PHMSA_DOT to finalize stronger standards that #CutMethane leaks from pipelines.
This is a powerful chance for @SecretaryPete to protect communities + deliver a climate win.
An effort to make Roberts look good with a yes vote, knowing damn well it’s gonna die. It’s exhausting always being right about people like this. Well Colorado, Fenberg wants you to cough and choke for a few more years.
Before session, I was quick to note how President @SteveFenberg was stacking committees to kill progressive things his moderate and mediocre ass didn’t like. Looks like the chickens came home to roost on the phaseout bill. We’re leaving the committee unfilled for 3-3 votes.
🚨The @EPA has proposed new standards to cut deadly soot pollution. Latine neighborhoods are exposed to higher soot pollution. These standards will save thousands of lives. Join us in celebrating this critical step. Read more → https://t.co/XmYFYOev1B
Meetings of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee which advises @PHMSA_DOT are open to the public, but only in-person. Last year, we flew from CO to DC just to provide public comments. @SecretaryPete@USDOT
TODAY we sent a letter requesting better access:
https://t.co/YV8Go8V3K4
I am so embarrassed for all the @WeldDems that told me to support this mediocre white man because there was no other candidate.
Also for all of the groups that removed me, probably at his request.
https://t.co/JBbIWRCQgB