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Pemex Must Do More, Says Editorial
In a recent editorial penned in one of Mexico's major dailies, Jorge Emilio González, the president of Mexico's Green Party, made the case for Petroleos Mexicanos's deficient commitment to the environment. The national oil monopoly, known as Pemex, saw
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Number of Natural Disasters Up Four-Fold over Last Two Decades: Global Warming to Blame?
A newly released Oxfam report is blaming global warming for the four-fold increase in the number of weather-related natural disasters - primarily floods and storms - in the last two decades, alleging that the number has jumped
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Mexico City Aims for Water Self-Sufficiency by 2020
The top environmental official in the Mexico City government, Martha Delgado Peralta, said recently the city was launching a new water sustainability policy to guarantee self-sufficiency and supply for future generations. The target is ambitious -- to
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Mexican Government Cites Ecological Dangers of Border Wall
The wall the U.S. government is building on the border with Mexico could cause floods, the disappearance of 11 animal species with the interruption of their migration routes, and the fragmentation of flora and fauna populations, according to a new study
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Circle Hooks Save Turtles in Latin America
According to WWF, nearly 250,000 endangered loggerhead,
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Mexican Students Design Electric Cab Prototype
Looks like students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are crazy about green transportation. Just a few weeks ago, we informed you about a group that had designed a hybrid car prototype, and now another team of students has come up
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Who's the Industrial Villain Now?
Who doesn't suspect the hand of "big business" behind the evils of pollution? The image of a huge factory belching gases, oozing contaminants and burying its "mistakes" is an archetype of modern civilization, just as the "friendly neighborhood business"
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Industrial Recycling in North America on the Rise, Says CEC
According to a new report from the Commission on Environmental Cooperation, over one-third of U.S. and Canadian toxic releases and transfers reported in 2004—more than 1 million tonnes—were recycled. Recycling has increased in recent years due
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Loggerhead Turtle By-catch Highlights Importance of Local Solutions
Arriving in Baja California, Mexico for the first time, S. Hoyt Peckham encountered something out of the twilight zone - endangered loggerhead turtle carcases strewn carelessly across the beaches. Peckham soon discovered the grisly scene was the result
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Crime-Ridden Mexico City Neighborhood Goes Green
The community of 5,900 residents is receiving a
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Trail Tales — Bikes Without Cars
Whoops, nearly forgot to point you towards this list of 'Six Great Long-Distance Bike Trails Without Cars.' Compiled by Kevin Kelly for his Cool Tools site, it looks at bike trails in North America. He warms up with a 113 mile jaunt along the John
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Next Up in Ethanol Innovation: Orange Peels
The price of ethanol is plummeting and corn-based ethanol skeptics are gaining increasing traction in casting a dark shadow over its potential. But the biofuel revolution continues to spur innovation and researchers around the world are uncovering
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Mexico to Fire Up ONIL Stoves in 2008
For centuries Mayan Indians
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Mexican Mega Developer to Build Ecological Houses
The housing market is shifting green even in Mexico and one of the country's largest developers has introduced a new scheme to build more ecological housing and cities. Geo, which builds more than 50,000 houses in Mexico a year, many of them small and
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Real Treehuggers Support Adding LNG Terminals
North American nations are considering a combined total of 64 liquefied natural gas import terminal proposals. These projects are somewhere between underway and identified. To view industry-supplied facts and perspectives on LNG, check out this site.
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TreeHugger Radio: Mexico High on Greenhouse Gasses, Bush's Climate Plan, and the Art of the Superfund Site
This week, president Bush tries to convince the world he’s serious about the fate of the human race, while a new poll finds public satisfaction with climate leadership down in the dumps. With the construction of the world’s highest climate monitoring
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Citizens Reach Across the Border to Fight Climate Change
In yet another example of why a wall between the United States and Mexico doesn't always make sense, more than 5,000 people from Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and El Paso are engaged in activities this week to increase awareness about climate change as part of
