La administración Biden anunció que el Presidente Biden ejercerá su autoridad bajo la Ley de Antigüedades para ampliar el Monumento Nacional de las Montañas de San Gabriel en el sur de California y el Monumento Nacional Berryessa Snow Mountain en el norte de California.

Latinos are the largest demographic group in the five most air-polluted cities in the United States, according to a report by the American Lung Association.

On May 2, President Biden answered the call of Senator Alex Padilla and Representatives John Garamendi and Mike Thompson, Northern California Tribes, over 300 scientists, local elected officials, and community leaders and expanded the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to add 13,753 acres of public lands.

On May 2, President Biden answered the call of Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, and Representative Judy Chu, elected officials, community and tribal leaders, and local residents in the Los Angeles region, and expanded the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument designation to include 109,000 additional acres of public land.

Hispanic Access is delighted to announce the transition of Margaret Lamphier Meier from Development Associate to Corporate Partnership Manager to establish a portfolio of corporate donors and cultivate, steward, and expand corporate partnerships to further the organization’s missions and achieve fundraising goals.

On April 25, 2024 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a suite of four pollution rules that will reduce climate, land and air pollution and protect public health for all communities. In response, Maite Arce, president and CEO of Hispanic Access Foundation, released the following statement:

Hispanic Access Foundation is proud to join the Biden-Harris Administration as an inaugural member of "The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge", a partnership to conserve and restore America’s rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands and set a new national goal of protecting, restoring, and reconnecting 8 million acres of wetlands and 100,000 miles of rivers and streams.

Hispanic Access is thrilled to announce the addition of Melissa Morris as the new Conservation Director, who will shape the program’s vision, lead the program team, and steer the program toward becoming a model of excellence in the conservation and environmental space.

Hispanic Access is pleased to announce the addition of Sofia Barboza as the new Ocean Manager to play a pivotal role in overseeing and coordinating all aspects of our conservation efforts related to marine ecosystems, ocean and coastal communities, and biodiversity.

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, announced on behalf of the EPA the awardees for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $20 billion program that will direct funding to projects that will reduce pollution, lower energy costs for families across the United States, and create good-quality jobs — all while catalyzing an unprecedented wave of private sector investment. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is part of the Justice40 Initiative, which sets the goal of 40% of federal climate benefits going to disadvantaged communities.