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Bilingual Press Secretary

From 2014–2016, Betsy was a bilingual press secretary on the Advocacy Communications team.

August 9, 2016

El Cambio Climático No es Juego de Niños

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner

Un grupo de 700 mamás con sus hijos se juntaron el mes pasado en el parque Senate Park cerca de Capitol Hill en Washington, D.C., en un evento de juegos para encontrar soluciones al cambio climático.

At a Washington, D.C., Moms Clean Air Force event, Casey Camp-Horinek, member of the Ponca nation of Oklahoma, actor, native rights activist and member of the Indigenous Environmental Network, took to the stage with her grandchildren to call for climate a
August 9, 2016

Climate Change Isn’t Child’s Play

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner  /  Headquarters Office

At a Washington, D.C., event, parents and advocates from around the country played with their children for a good cause.

August 4, 2016

Conoce a José González, Fundador de Latino Outdoors

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner

José González es un educador con una larga trayectoria y fundador de Latino Outdoors, una organización encabezada por latinos que está trabajando para crear una comunidad de líderes del movimiento de conservación y de educación ambiental.

Founder of Latino Outdoors José González (right) talks about his group’s efforts to encourage Latinos to connect with the great outdoors and to shine light on the conservationism so pervasive in the Latino culture.
August 4, 2016

Getting to Know José González, Founder of Latino Outdoors

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner  /  Headquarters Office

José González, founder of Latino Outdoors, talks about his group’s efforts to encourage Latinos to connect with the great outdoors and to shine light on the conservationism so pervasive in the Latino culture.

July 20, 2016

Armonía y Solidaridad: GreenLatinos en los Parques Nacionales

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner

Más de cien latinos y otros partidarios unidos en la contienda para proteger a nuestras comunidades se juntaron en el estado de Wyoming en un escenario espectacular del Parque Nacional Grand Teton para la Reunión Nacional Cumbre GreenLatinos 2016.

The second annual GreenLatinos summit in Grand Teton National Park was a chance for Latino environmentalists to band together to protect our planet.
July 20, 2016

Harmony and Solidarity: GreenLatinos in the National Parks

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner  /  Headquarters Office

The second annual GreenLatinos summit in Grand Teton National Park was a chance for Latino environmentalists to band together to protect our planet.

June 29, 2016

Volvamos Verde la Iglesia: Una Misión de Fé Hacia la Sustentabilidad

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner

“Volvamos Verde la Iglesia” del grupo Green for All es un movimiento creado por sus fundadores, McQueen y el Rev. Ambrose Carroll,  pero agregan que es algo mayor que solamente un programa– que se trata de una fuerza sobre acción climática.

Photo courtesy Green for All
June 29, 2016

Green the Church: On a Mission of Faith for Sustainability

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner  /  Headquarters Office

The Green the Church movement is teaming up with spiritual leaders to engage churches and other houses of worship in the climate fight.

April 28, 2016

El Centro sobre Raza, Pobreza y Medio Ambiente reporta sobre las fallas al interior de EPA

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner

El Centro sobre Raza, Pobreza y Medio Ambiente dio a conocer un reporte sobre las fallas institucionales de la Agencia Federal para la Protección del Medio Ambiente.

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April 28, 2016

Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment Reports on EPA Failures

By Betsy Lopez-Wagner  /  Headquarters Office

This week the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE) released a startling report that looks into the institutional failures of the Environmental Protection Agency.