Mexico
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The bad news about your favorite Mexican beers
No one can deny the appeal of a cold Corona on a long, hot summer day. But water-stressed Baja Californians are wondering what’s in it for them.
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Mexico’s climate migrants are already coming to the United States
Worldwide, populations are being reshuffled on a massive scale.
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The case for putting people before nature
All over the world, environmental groups are trying to figure out how to balance nature and people in carbon-rich biodiversity hotspots.
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There are just 97 of these adorable porpoises left
The Gulf of California's vaquita is critically endangered, thanks to rampant gill-net fishing.
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Critical List: Climate bill passes Mexico’s senate; Bill Clinton tells enviros to ‘chill out’
The Mexican Senate passed a climate change bill that’s all set to become law. Reuters reports it was “non-controversial.” No wonder Republicans are so set on keeping Mexican immigrants out of the country — they might bring in science. Bill Clinton has a message for sustainability advocates: “Chill out – sometimes this stuff takes years.” […]
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Mexico City’s urbanization threatens ancient ‘floating gardens’
Chinampas, or floating gardens -- small artificial islands full of crops, built up on shallow lake beds -- once sustained the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, producing multiple harvests every year. They still exist in Mexico City, for now.
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Mexico City’s giant landfill will power 35,000 homes
Mexico City will open a landfill gas power plant, which should be able to power 35,000 homes at its peak.
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Critical List: Heartland documents obtained using deception; killer whales OK with climate change
Peter Gleick, a water expert and climate scientist, says he obtained documents that revealed the inner workings of the Heartland Institute by soliciting them from the group under someone else’s name. A new study says that exploiting Canada’s tar sands might not exacerbate climate change as much as environmental groups fear. Mexico and the U.S. […]