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Gore Calls For Civil Disobedience To Stop Coal Plants
 Paul Vitello
Al Gore, the former vice president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is nothing if not passionate on the issue of global warming. But his usual fired-up remarks on the subject took a step into the Gandhian realm on Wednesday.
Meager North American Jaguar Population Faces Several Risks
 Eric Owen
Jaguars once roamed from Argentina to as far north as the Grand Canyon, but those that inhabited North America have now become isolated to roughly 70 square miles of rugged terrain in northern Mexico.
A Tiny Fish Cleans the Pools of Foreclosed Homes
 Michael Corkery
While lawmakers in Washington struggle to solve the nation's foreclosure crisis, officials here are using a small fish to clean up some of the mess.
Mexico to Host Next World Environment Day
 Times of India
Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN Environment Program said here Monday, praising the country's efforts to tackle climate change.
'Solid Rain' Could Aid Afforestation Projects
 John Sexton
A super-absorbent polymer that can soak up more than 500 times its own weight of water could provide a solution to the well-known problems of afforestation and agriculture in arid and marginal soils, according to agronomist Doctor Alicia Chacalo of Mexico's Universidad Metropolitana.
 Obama, McCain and the "Worst Case Scenario"
 The Real Network
Cass Sunstein: The climate change crisis, not terrorism, is the real "worst case scenario."
Time Running Out for Capital's Garbage
 Diego Cevallos
If the Mexico City government were to keep its promises, laid out in laws and plans in 2003 and 2004, the treatment of the 12,300 tonnes of garbage generated daily by this city of 19 million people would be more environmentally friendly. But instead there is a looming threat of collapse and the contaminated area remains enormous.
We're Paying the Price Today for Decades of Relentless Dam Building
 Rachel Olivieri
Decades ago, three new dams were started every day. But the debts of temporary prosperity are all coming due and payable today.
More Kids Growing Up Green: Baby Sea Turtles Rescued at CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta
 PR.com
Today’s youths are showing a deeper interest in the environment, recycling, and eco-friendly living. That’s just one of the many reasons why CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort invites families to take part in a unique educational, and eco-friendly vacation experience through its “Secretos del Mar” Sea Turtle Rescue Program.
Return of the Geeks
 Chris Mooney
For eight long years, the Bush administration has trashed and politicized the government's science agencies. How to kick out the hacks and flat-Earthers and let the nerds reign.
Health Facilities Flush Estimated 250 Million Pounds of Drugs a Year
 Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza & Justin Pritchard
Millions of pounds of unused and expired pharmaceuticals are flushed down the drain across the United States annually by the health services industry. Traces of these drugs are found in the nation's drinking water supplies, affecting at least 46 million Americans, and in rivers and streams where they harm aquatic wildlife species.
Riviera Nayarit Begins Recycling Program
 Laura Gelezunas
The Riviera Regional Recycling program does more than keep the streets clean. This cooperative, formed by local non-profits, works in recycling and organic composting projects in Punta de Mita, Higuera Blanca, Sayulita, San Pancho and Bucerias.
300 People 'Fish' for Trash in Mexican Reservoir
 fishfortrash
Hundreds of Mexicans wearing rubber gloves are fishing for bottles, plastic bags and tin cans in a competition to clean a reservoir near Texas.
Huge Increase in Spending on Water Urged to Avert Global Catastrophe
 Juliette Jowit
Countries across the world will have to dramatically increase investment in dams, pipes and other water infrastructure to avoid widespread flooding, drought and disease even before climate change accelerates these problems, experts have warned.
Mexico Unveils Website to Reduce Auto Emissions
 Associated Press
Mexico's government is giving car buyers a Web site where they can check on just how environmentally friendly their new vehicle might be.
Cactus Thieves Prickle Conservationists
 Shannon Firth
Robbed of their cacti by collectors, souvenir hunters and “narco-tourists,” conservationists in the southwestern United States and Mexico are upset by the depletion.
Mexico Already One of the World's Leading Reforesters: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón announced that Mexico is already one of the world's greatest reforesters, after 253 million trees were planted in 2007, while the goal for this year is to plant another 280 million trees.
Smoke Smudges Mexico City's Air, Chemists Identify Sources
 National Science Foundation
Mexico City once topped lists of places with the worst air pollution in the world. Although efforts to curb emissions have improved the situation, tiny particles called aerosols still clog the air. Now, atmospheric scientists from UC San Diego and six other institutions have sorted through the pall that hangs over the city to precisely identify aerosols that make up the haze and chart daily patterns of changes to the mix.
Eco-Wonder: The Pyramid City
 Derek Baldwin
A proposed pyramid city for the Dubai desert will stand 1.2 kilometres in height, dwarfing the Burj Dubai – the tallest tower in the world – by hundreds of metres.
Massive Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Away
 David Ljunggren
A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.
Turtles Flock to Mexico to Lay Eggs
 Reuters
Turtles are making their way to shores of Oaxaca, Mexico to lay their eggs. The Olive Ridley Marine turtles lay their eggs every year off the Mexican shores.
Mexico Seeks to Break New World Tree Planting Record
 Presidencia de la República
On Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August, the National Forestry Commission, with the support of 300 planters in various parts of Durango, will attempt to break the world record by planting 300,000 trees in 24 hours.
Mexico to Begin Ethanol Production in 2010: ACJ
 Presidencia de la República
In 2010, Mexico will enter the era of ethanol production, with Jalisco in the lead, since it will be the first state where this fuel will be used by vehicles in Guadalajara's metropolitan area.
Explore Cancun’s Amazing Wildlife and Majestic Nature
 TravelVideo.tv
Cancun is one of those few places on earth where we can find nature’s richness and diversity at its best. Through its reefs, mangroves and jungles, taking some time off the beach to explore wildlife is an essential part of every trip to Cancun.
Drinking Water of 41 Million Americans Contaminated with Pharmaceuticals
 NaturalNews
An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the drinking water of at least 41 million people in the United States is contaminated with pharmaceutical drugs.
Sub to Explore Undersea Islands
 Sandra Dibble
Dark underwater mountains rise off the coast of Baja California Sur, too deep for scuba divers and virtually unexplored. This week, scientists began diving hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of California, searching for new species and insights that could help protect the region's commercial fisheries.
Engineers Without Borders Working to Make Drinking Water Safe for La Paz
 Mariana Martínez
The Baja California Peninsula is a little unexplored region, where arid, rough, hot terrain melts over incredible beaches and an amazingly unique marine wildlife. Here, thousands of families live in far apart, ranch houses or little fishing towns, where poverty and distance gets in the way of one of the most basic human rights: access to clean drinkable water.
Corn Patches and Dispatches: Notes on a Recent Trip to Mexico
 Tom Philpott
In Mexico, a milpa is a garden patch, usually kept by several families, to grow a substantial portion of a year's sustenance. Milpas are typically dominated by corn - first domesticated in present-day Mexico thousands of years ago - but also contain stunning agricultural and nutritional diversity.
Climate Change Could Be Impetus for Wars, Other Conflicts, Expert Says
 Melissa Mitchell
A discussion has ensued among international-security experts who believe climate-change-related damage to global ecosystems and the resulting competition for natural resources may increasingly serve as triggers for wars and other conflicts in the future.
Mexico Starts Campaign to Save Endangered Porpoise
 Dan Keane
Mexico is investing 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered type of porpoise from fishing nets in the upper Gulf of California.
Scientist Warn that Earth will Enter 'Little Ice Age' Due to Decrease in Solar Activity
 Right Side News
An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that in about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity.
Mexican Housing Boom Threatens Black Bears
 Robin Emmott
A housing boom in Monterrey, Mexico's richest city 140 miles from Texas, risks destroying the officially endangered bears' habitats in the surrounding forested mountains. It is also accelerating Mexico's loss of primary forest that are disappearing at one of the world's fastest rates, environmentalists say.
Coastal Dead Zones Are Growing
 Unmesh Kher
Over the past two or three decades, scientists have noticed with growing alarm that vast stretches of coastal waters are turning into dead zones — patches of seabed so depleted of oxygen that few creatures, if any, can survive there.
Climate Change Hot Spots are Identified
 UPI
A sophisticated U.S. climate modeling system suggests southern California, northern Mexico and western Texas will be this century's climate change hot spots.
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