The Latest by Kate Sarna

Media Associate

Kate worked in the Washington, D.C., office from 2017–2018.

Mabette Colon, de 18 años y oriunda de Puerto Rico, vive al lado de un enorme vertedero de cenizas de carbón. En una audiencia reciente de la EPA, Colon testificó sobre cómo ha perjudicado a su comunidad la constante ceniza de carbón.

May 7, 2018

Joven que creció rodeada de toxinas de carbón clama por salvaguardas de salud. La EPA ofrece lo contrario

By Kate Sarna / Clean Energy Program & Policy and Legislation Team

El administrador de la EPA, Scott Pruitt, quiere debilitar una ley que protege a personas como Mabette Colon de los desechos tóxicos de carbón.

Mabette Colon, 18, from Puerto Rico, lives near a massive coal ash pile. She testified about how coal ash exposure has harmed her community at the Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing on proposed changes to its coal ash rule on April 24, 2018.

April 27, 2018

Teen Who Grew up Beside a Coal Ash Pile Would Like a Word With the EPA

By Kate Sarna / Clean Energy Program & Policy and Legislation Team

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to weaken a rule that protects people like Mabette Colon from toxic coal waste.