Articles by Environmental Justice Fellow Angely Mercado

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Trump finally sent aid to Puerto Rico. Is it enough to save a broken grid?

Environmentalists argue the grid should be rebuilt as a decentralized system with distributed solar energy and other renewable sources.

Angely Mercado Equity
Google plans to power your searches with carbon-free energy by 2030

Google’s announcement comes as historic fires linked to climate change have burned millions of acres across the Western U.S.

Angely Mercado Technology
Report: Black households spend almost 50 percent more on utilities than white households

Black, Hispanic, and Native American households spend a much larger portion of their income on energy bills than white households — 43 percent more, 20 percent more, and 45 percent more, respectively.

Angely Mercado Equity
New York’s plastic bag ban has survived the pandemic

“This is one of those laws that New Yorkers will see the benefits of almost immediately."

Angely Mercado Equity