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Mexico: "A Mine, a Movement and a Town Divided"
Vancouver Tyee, 09/30/2013"Since Vancouver-based silver and gold mining company Fortuna set up shop in a small town in southern Mexico in 2005, violent attacks have left four local residents dead and many more wounded."
Mexico Faces Huge Rebuilding Task After Dozens Die in 2 Freak Storms
AFP, 09/23/2013"Mexico is looking to the huge task of rebuilding after rare storms struck from east and west at the same time, killing 101 people and destroying homes, schools and roads."
"Mexico Struggles To Recover From Twin Storms And Rescue Tourists"
LA Times, 09/18/2013"MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities launched operations Tuesday to rescue tens of thousands of stranded tourists from Pacific resorts such as Acapulco, as deadly twin storms dissipated but the floods they spawned continued to inundate vast parts of Mexico."
"Storm Ingrid Drenches Mexico, Closes Oil Ports"
Reuters, 09/16/2013"Tropical Storm Ingrid doused eastern Mexico with heavy rain on Friday, helping to close two key ports and prompt state oil monopoly Pemex to take steps to protect its operations in the Gulf of Mexico."
"Low Water Deliveries From Mexico Hurt Texas Farmers"
Fronteras, 09/04/2013"The Rio Grande is the lifeblood of South Texas. Cities and farmers on both sides of its international border depend on its water. A 70-year-old treaty between the United States and Mexico is supposed to keep the river’s water flowing. But in the last three years, Mexico has fallen behind on its end of the deal. That has heightened tensions between the two countries and jeopardized the future of agriculture in the Rio Grande Valley."
"Mexican Gray Wolves Gain Protection in Arizona, New Mexico"
ENS, 08/27/2013"SILVER CITY, N.M. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose increased recovery territory for Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and will drop plans to capture wolves entering these two states from Mexico, under two agreements reached [Monday] between the agency and the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity."
"Mexico's Pemex Says Ammonia Gas Pipeline Leak Kills at Least Three"
Reuters, 08/22/2013"At least three people were killed by an ammonia gas leak from a pipeline owned by state oil monopoly Pemex in southern Mexico on Tuesday and 1,500 people were evacuated from the area and taken to shelters, the company said."
Mexican President Proposes Opening Energy Sector to Foreign Investment
NY Times, 08/13/2013"MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico on Monday, pushing one of the most sweeping economic overhauls here in the past two decades, proposed opening his country’s historically closed energy industry to foreign investment."
"Mexico's Opposition Party Proposes Sweeping Energy Reform"
Reuters, 08/01/2013"Mexico's opposition conservative party proposed sweeping energy reform on Wednesday to change the constitution to allow more private investment and promote competition, while the ruling party is expected to present its own plans for an overhaul next week."
"Health Risk Alert Due to 800 Tons of Asbestos Dumped in Mexico"
Latin American Herald Tribune, 07/17/2013"MEXICO CITY -- More than 800 tons of asbestos from Russia were dumped eight months ago at the Mexican Gulf coast port of Veracruz and represents a health risk for the population, the Reforma newspaper reported Saturday."
"Mexico City's Forests Under Threat"
Aljazeera, 07/15/2013"Government starts cracking down on illegal loggers to save capital's rich flora and fauna."
"U.S. Airlines Delay Flights To Mexico City as Volcano Spews Ash"
Reuters, 07/05/2013"Four U.S. airlines temporarily suspended flights to and from Mexico City on Thursday after a volcano 50 miles from the capital spewed ash, a spokesman for the city's international airport said."
"Mexican Communities Sue Pemex for Environmental Justice"
IPS, 05/17/2013"MEXICO CITY -- Fed up with oil spills from facilities belonging to Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, residents of two communities in the southeastern state of Tabasco are taking the country’s largest company to court in a bid for compensation for damage to the environment and agriculture."
"California Urges Record $2.5 Billion Fine for Natural Gas Blast"
Christian Science Monitor, 05/08/2013"Pacific Gas and Electric Co. could face a record fine for a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb. Officials hope it will help prevent future accidents while some warn that rising natural gas demand is outpacing investment in energy infrastructure."
Relief for a Parched Colorado River Delta
NY Times, 04/16/2013"CUCAPÁ EL MAYOR, Mexico — Germán Muñoz looked out at the river before him and talked about the days when dolphins swam here, 60 miles from the sea."

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