"Mexico Starts Planting GM Corn, Activists Appeal"
"Capping a decade-long battle, private companies in Mexico have begun the first legal plantings of genetically modified corn, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 02/04/2010
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"Saving an Aztec Salamander"
"The ancient waterways upon which the Aztec Empire was built are now a fraction of their former glory. ... Hidden underneath the murky water, sharing space with discarded soda cans and empty potato-chip bags, an ageless 'water monster' called the axolotl, a central figure in Aztec legend and a protein-rich part of the diet then, is also vanishing."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/14/2010
"Texas Plant Won't Burn Mexican PCB Materials"
"DALLAS -- A southeast Texas industrial plant is scrapping plans to import and incinerate 20,000 tons of hazardous materials from Mexico, the facility's general manager said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 11/19/2009
Disorder at the Borders: Photographers Aim To Document and Protect Borderland Environments
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"Tests on Treasured Maize Ignite Fears in Mexico"
"As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn."
Source: AFP, 10/30/2009
US, Canada, Mexico Aim To Coordinate Toxics Databases
The North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (NAPRTR) Consultative Group, under the auspices of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, will meet November 10-11, 2009, in Guadalajara, Mexico to review the programs of the 3 countries.
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"Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico's Beaches"
"Mexico has deployed its navy to several beaches in the Pacific Coast state of Oaxaca. Its mission isn't to fight the drug cartels or protect European tourists, but to guard the nesting grounds of an endangered sea turtle."
Source: NPR, 10/19/2009
"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
"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
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