Topic: Mexico
Tension is palpable on the streets of Cheran, a town in the mountains of Michoacan state, western Mexico, where desperate residents have declared a state of siege.After months of growing violence related to illegal logging, residents from the Purepecha community of some ...
Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," a new study shows.The report published in the journal Environmental Pollution argues that the waste contaminates a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican mining giant Grupo Mexico said on Tuesday it is seeking evidence from a U.S. federal regulator that it thinks could show its Asarco subsidiary paid $210 million in excess environmental fines.Copper miner and railroad operator Grupo Mexico ...
NOH-BEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Community leaders managing a fragment of ancient Mexican jungle say their approach to logging precious hardwoods protects rare jaguar and may guide nearby U.N. climate talks seeking a forest blueprint.Community forest management means giving land ownership to local ...
AGUA BENDITA, Mexico (Reuters) - Local landowners collectively running a small lumber yard in the pine forests of central Mexico say they are making profits from logging and cutting carbon emissions at the same time.Eleven communities share one sawmill in the town ...
Mexico City to close huge landfill, among world's largest, due to environmental worriesOne of the world's largest landfills is to be closed next year because of worries that the more than 12,000 tons of garbage deposited there daily could contaminate the aquifer, ...
Between 1990 and 2005, Mexico lost over 11 million acres of forest for various reasons, but with conversion to?agriculture and grazing as the leading causes. Overpopulation in Mexico is mainly confined to the major urban areas, but conversion of land to farming ...
From the avid home chef to the Easy-Mac lover, everyone can do their part to become a green cook. I recently noticed that the strawberries were from Mexico, as were the squash, and the grapes were from Chile. I love gardening because ...
MexicanThreads.com is the #1 online store for the baja poncho hoodie and Mexican apparel. The baja hoodie is meant to present a care-free attitude of one who just enjoys life and all it has to offer.Originating from Mexico, this hoodie quickly spread ...
Now, cancer rates in the town are one of the highest in the world.While much of the world has heard about the pollution problem in Beijing, China, it is the Chinese city of Linfen that is on nearly every list of most ...
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Canal Border Deaths
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Mexico Drug War Saving Juarez
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Mexico Drug War Leaving Juarez
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Controversial bridge inaugurated in Mexico
Mexico's president has inaugurated the tallest cable-suspension bridge in ...2012-01-06 -
Mexico City struggles with waste disposal
Mexico City has officially closed its biggest rubbish dump, threatening ...2012-02-02 -
Mexico Beating Mystery
The mystery deepens about the savage beating of a Canadian ...2012-02-01
