2025 CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK PRIORITIES

The document advocates for the protection of marine ecosystems and the rights of Latino communities to clean water and equitable coastal access. It highlights the disproportionate impact of climate disasters and pollution on Latinos and lists specific legislative bills to address offshore drilling, deep-sea mining, plastic pollution, and NOAA funding.

• Latinos in the U.S. face disproportionate risks from climate-driven coastal hazards, with 56% living in areas that experienced an extreme weather event in the last year and 25% residing in counties with a 2023 federal disaster declaration for flooding.
• There are significant disparities in drinking water quality for Latino communities; water systems in counties with a Latino population of 25% or more violate contamination rules at twice the national rate, and Latinos experience higher rates of arsenic exposure than any other racial or ethnic group.
• Latino communities experience systemic barriers to coastal access, with 67% living in "nature deprived" areas and 47% stating that beach visits are too expensive for the average person.
• Poll data indicates strong Latino support for ocean protection, with 80% more likely to vote for candidates supporting stronger ocean policies and 80% advocating for a ban on single-use plastics.
• The document identifies specific threats to marine biodiversity and economic stability, including the risks of deep-sea mining—which could cause "irreversible biodiversity loss"—and the threat offshore drilling poses to "billion-dollar tourism and fishing industries."

APA

GreenLatinos (2025). 2025 CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK PRIORITIES. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-CHOW-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Chicago

GreenLatinos. 2025 CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK PRIORITIES. 2025. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-CHOW-Fact-Sheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenlatinos20252025, author = {{GreenLatinos}}, title = {{2025 CAPITOL HILL OCEAN WEEK PRIORITIES}}, institution = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2025}, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-CHOW-Fact-Sheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }