"Mexico Water Shortage Becomes Crisis Amid Drought"
"Crops are wilting in the countryside, and the capital's water shortage has turned dire as Mexico grapples with its worst drought in more than half a century."
Source: LA Times, 09/07/2009
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"Mexico Tries To Evacuate Thousands Ahead of Jimena"
"LOS CABOS, Mexico – Emergency workers struggled to evacuate thousands of reluctant slum dwellers as extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena approached Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Tuesday."
Source: AP, 09/01/2009
"Mexico Hit By Lowest Rainfall In 68 Years"
"Mexico is suffering from its driest year in 68 years, killing crops and cattle in the countryside and forcing the government to slow the flow of water to the crowded capital."
Source: Reuters, 08/20/2009
"U.S. and Mexico To Work on Border Conservation"
The US and Mexico are joining forces to enhance conservation in the area around Big Bend, in Texas, and El Carmen in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.
Source: Reuters, 08/14/2009
"Mexico Aims To Bring CO2 Cut Plan To Climate Talks"
"Mexico aims to put a detailed offer to cut the growth of its own greenhouse gas emissions on the negotiating table at global climate change talks in Copenhagen this year, a senior environmental policymaker said."
Source: Reuters, 08/05/2009
North American Toxics Data Released
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
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Canada Beats US, Mexico at Toxics Reporting
"The United States and Mexico might consider emulating Canada when it comes to public reporting of industrial pollutants that are released into the air or water or transferred for disposal or recycling, suggests a new report."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/12/2009
"Mexico Sees Support For U.N. Climate Finance Plan"
"A Mexican proposal to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change is winning backing in talks on a new U.N. treaty, paradoxically because no one really likes it, a Mexican official said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009
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En la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca
Olga Rosario Avendaño ofreció a SEJ/SPA una nota exclusiva sobre el manejo comunitario de bosques en la sierra y la ciudad de Oaxaca, México, como resultado de un taller patrocinado por el International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) sobre la cobertura del manejo comunitario de bosques con fecha del 3 al 6 de abril de 2008.
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