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Public Affairs and Communications Strategist

Aerial spraying in Colombia
June 16, 2015

Colombia Suspends Aerial Spraying of Illegal Coca Crops

By Miranda Fox  /  International Program

In a resounding victory for environmental and human health advocates, Colombia has suspended aerial herbicide spraying on illegal coca and poppy plantations.

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June 11, 2015

California’s Drive for Deeper Water Leaves State on Shaky Ground

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

As water supplies dry up, groundwater drilling is leading to collapsed bridges, cracked irrigation canals and pipes, and twisted roads and railways. In some places, the ground is sinking nearly one foot a year.

The San Joaquin and Sacramento River Delta system is being threatened by drought and competing water management interests.
June 1, 2015

Fish Flailing Amid California Drought

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Poor water management during California’s drought is pushing multiple fish species to the brink of extinction.

Today the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized a Clean Water Rule that will better protect local streams that feed lakes, rivers and oceans.
May 27, 2015

Congress Attempts to Rock the Boat on Clean Water Rule

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

The EPA is set to announce its final clean water rule, which updates the Clean Water Act to better protect streams and rivers.

An oil pump jack in western Texas.
May 12, 2015

Texas Bans Fracking Bans

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

If signed into law by the governor, the Lone Star State will undo decades of local regulation protecting communities from fracking, including at least 27 drilling bans.

A rural solar field.
April 15, 2015

Some Good, Clean Green News

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

The state’s lawmakers have taken a key step to increasing statewide access to clean energy by passing community solar legislation.

An unlined waste pit with fracking fluid and other drilling wastewater in California's Central Valley.
April 1, 2015

California Offers Up Watered Down Drought Plan

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Gov. Jerry Brown calls on Californians to take shorter showers, while giving Big Ag and the fossil fuel industry a free pass on conserving dwindling water supplies.

Cesar Chavez visits a school named for him in his honor in 1974.
March 31, 2015

Today is Cesar Chavez Day

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Today we are honoring Cesar Chavez, an American farmworker, civil rights activist and labor leader that co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with Dolores Huerta.

A woman carrying her child in Tanzania fills a bucket with water at a well.
March 19, 2015

Climate Change’s Big Reveal: The Inequality Problem

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Rising sea levels, super storms, floods and droughts exacerbated by climate change will wait for no man, but research shows that women, especially poor women, are in greater danger.

Barbecue
March 6, 2015

Excuses for Climate Denial Shrivel Up in the Midwest

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

A new bipartisan report released last month warns that climate change puts the productivity of the Midwest’s keystone agricultural, manufacturing and transportation industries at risk.