Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy - Inside Climate News
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California allocates $20 million a year for energy efficiency upgrades for low-income homeowners, and supporters of the farmworkers program want $10 million added.

California allocates $20 million a year for energy efficiency upgrades for low-income homeowners, and supporters of the farmworkers program want $10 million added.

By Twilight Greenaway

Beysi Vazquez tends to thousands of basil, dill, mint and other herbs in a large sprawling nursery business in California’s Coachella Valley, just north of the Salton Sea. She works long shifts, in one of the hottest parts of the state, where temperatures regularly top 100 degrees Fahrenheit and greenhouse temperatures can soar to 120 degrees.

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