San Pedro Sula The calendar surprised me. I hadn’t really visited our offices, organizers, and members in Honduras for almost four years. I had met our organizers other places, Mexico, Ecuador, and Houston, but had not actually been on the ground with them recently to measure the progress being made by the local organizations at …
Month: July 2018
Plastic Straws and Sleeping Giants Show Consumers Still Have Some Power
New Orleans The evidence is incontestable that plastic straws are a significant part of the pollution killing aquatic and plant life in the world’s oceans. It is equally undoubtable that many major brands because of automated programming on social media are clueless where their ads are displayed, including on some websites that are knocking …
The Frontal Assault on Environmental Laws
New Orleans In Louisiana we’re losing coastal wetlands and acres of land every day. A columnist in the Times-Picayune noted flatly, “…few states depend more on environmental regulations for survival than Louisiana. We’ve only been able to slow the destruction of our remaining coastal wetlands thanks to regulations under the Clean Water Act.” Talking to …