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U.S. Scientists Net Giant Squid in Gulf of Mexico
 Jasmin Melvin
U.S. scientists in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-meter) giant squid off the coast of Louisiana, the Interior Department said on Monday, showing how little is known about life in the deep waters of the Gulf.
 Tourists Follow Monarch Butterflies to Mexico
 Travel Video
The butterflies arrive each year near Nov. 1, the Mexican Day of the Dead. No one knows how they navigate - whether they use visual cues, some sort of magnetic orientation, light or a combination of the sun, moon and stars. But their global positioning systems are right on target.
Mexico's Goal: Not a Drop Wasted
 Emilio Godoy
Although lack of water is nothing new in Mexico, today the country is suffering a severe crisis as a result of the depletion of groundwater and scant rainfall. In Mexico City, one of the hardest-hit areas, the idea is to make use of what rain does come, which otherwise goes to waste.
Contraception Vital in Climate Change Fight: Expert
 Kate Kelland
Contraception advice is crucial to poor countries' battle with climate change, and policy makers are failing their people if they continue to shy away from the issue, a leading family planning expert said on Friday.
Latin America's Desertification – an Invisible Cancer
 Marcela Valente
According to the UNCCD Global Mechanism, 28 percent of land in Latin America and the Caribbean is drylands, arid and semi-arid lands and sub-humid areas that are home to 125 million people, including 60 percent of the poorest people in the region.
Cuba Hopes Green Tourism Can Keep it in the Black
 Will Weissert
Amid dipping tourism revenues, the government gathered top leaders from its state-run vacation industry and European and Canadian tour operators this week for a conference aimed at boosting a segment of the market that only accounts for 4 percent of all foreign visits, according to deputy Tourism Minister Alexis Trujillo.
 Megacities - Mexico City
 Documentales Mexico
To Mother Nature, Mexico City is one big target. On one side: one of the world's most earthquake-prone hotspots. On the other: one of the world's most active volcanoes. And beneath their feet - a shaky foundation of landfill.
Mafia ‘was Paid to Sink Ships Carrying Radioactive Cargo’
 Richard Owen
About 30 ships containing radioactive and other poisonous refuse may have been scuttled off the Italian coast in an illegal Mafia operation to dispose of dangerous substances at sea.
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Minimum Extent
 Katherine Leitzell
The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979.
The South's Dangerous Drinking Water
 Sue Sturgis
Millions of U.S. residents are drinking tap water that contains dangerous levels of toxic chemicals - and many states in the South and elsewhere are doing a poor job of enforcing regulations designed to protect the public from such hazards.
Loggerhead Turtles Put at Risk by Fishing
 Ben Evans
It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle or two mixed in with the catch. Those numbers can add up to thousands annually for a turtle species that faces a growing array of threats.
Drought has Eyes Turning to Mexico
 Randal C. Archibold
The protracted drought in the Southwest has water managers rethinking the possibilities for the wastewater, placing the preservation of the wetland, the Cienega de Santa Clara, at the center of a delicate balancing act between the growing thirst of California, Nevada and Arizona and the delta's ecology.
It's Turtle Time in Puerto Vallarta
 PVNN
Following their ancient annual cycle of reproduction, sea turtles are making their way back to the shores of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where numerous hotels run marine turtle conservation and protection programs with the help of professional marine biologists.
Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years
 Elisabeth Malkin
Mexico is enduring its worst drought in six decades. Crops are drying up in the fields and water is being rationed in the capital. Residents of poor neighborhoods have hijacked water trucks, and there are other signs of social tensions building.
Ecology Watch Dog: Nayarit Turtle Talk
 Carol Davenport
At one time, there were 250 known species of sea turtles in the world. Today, there are only 8 existing species of sea turtles in the world. Of the 8 species of sea turtles, 7 come to Mexico to make their nests! Do I have your attention now?
TBF Succeeds in Push of Vessel Monitoring System Mandate in Costa Rican Waters
 Pete Johnson
New regulations enacted by INCOPESCA, the Costa Rican fisheries agency, will require electronic vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on all commercial vessels larger than 56 ft that operate in Costa Rican waters. The regulations do not apply to private and charter sportfishing vessels.
Mexico Water Shortage Becomes Crisis Amid Drought
 Ken Ellingwood
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.
Argentina: Clean Energy from Manure
 Marcela Valente
With its enormous potential for biogas production, Argentina is gearing up for this clean energy alternative - which has already seen good results on ranches that transform manure into energy.
Study Finds More Evidence Rapid Arctic Warming Isn't Natural
 Renee Schoof
The Arctic was cooling for 1,900 years because of a natural change in Earth's orbit until greenhouse gas accumulation from the use of fossil fuels reversed the trend in recent decades, according to a study published Friday in Science magazine.
Big Families: A Threat to the Environment?
 Bonnie Erbe
With great fanfare the infamous Duggar family this week announced (on the "Today" show, no less) the upcoming birth of a 19th child.
Eating Less Red Meat Can Prevent Cancer, Heart Attacks and Global Warming
 Professor O. Faergeman
Raising livestock also accounts for around 18% of greenhouse gases. It is therefore possible to act against climate change and reduce cardiovascular and cancer deaths, by cutting the production and consumption of 'red meat' from these animals.
Bahamas Set to Ban Catch and Sale of Sea Turtles
 David McFadden
Soups, stews and pies flavored with chunks of sea turtle meat will soon be illegal across the 700 islands of the Bahamas, environmental activists and scientists said Sunday.
Mexico: Biological Remedy for Sickened Soil
 Emilio Godoy
Mexico is beginning to take on the environmental debts left by the oil industry, applying biological techniques to break down alcohols, solvents, glycerines, gasoline, benzene and acetone, turning them into carbon dioxide and water.
Tunnels Concentrate Air Pollution by Up to 1000 Times
 QUT
A toxic cocktail of ultrafine particles is lurking inside road tunnels in concentration levels so high they have the potential to harm drivers and passengers, a new study has found.
Puerto Vallarta: Bougainvillea City
 Robert Price
Vallarta Botanical Gardens, in cooperation with the Puerto Vallarta Department of Parques y Jardines, has embarked on an ambitious new project. Between now and November 1st, 5000 new Bougainvillea plants will be installed in the city's median strips, traffic islands and parks.
Environmental Concerns Advancing North American Integration
 Dana Gabriel
A more North American strategy in regards to climate change is moving forward. This includes coordination of an emissions trading system.
Clash Over Rebirth, Use of Mt. St. Helens
 Cornelia Dean
When Mount St. Helens erupted nearly 30 years ago, it flattened more than 150 square miles of forest, spewed millions of tons of mud and debris, filled the sky with ash and left at least 57 people dead. In the process, it also created an unusual outdoor laboratory where researchers have worked ever since to answer an increasingly urgent question: How do landscapes recover after violent disturbance?
Mexico City Bans Stores from Distributing Plastic Bags
 CNN News
Mexico City's thousands of stores went green Wednesday, as amended ordinances on solid waste now outlaw businesses from giving out thin plastic bags that are not biodegradable.
Battle for the Amazon: People Vs the Government - Part Two
 The Real News Network
The largest indigenous movement in decades battles to save the Amazon Basin from oil exploitation.
Battle for the Amazon: People Vs the Government - Part One
The Real News Network
The largest indigenous movement in decades battles to save the Amazon Basin from oil exploitation.
Climate Disobedience: Is a New "Seattle" in the Making?
 Mark Engler
In the early morning of October 8, 2007, a small group of British Greenpeace activists slipped inside a hulking smokestack that towers more than 600 feet above a coal-fired power plant in Kent, England
'Benchmark' Glaciers Shrinking Faster
 Les Blumenthal & Erika Bolstad
Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking water.
Mexico: Tequila Leaves Environmental Hangover
 Emilio Godoy
Tequila, part of the national identity of Mexico, is invariably present at family celebrations and national holidays. But many are unaware of the bitter taste the tequila industry leaves in the water and soil.
Village Powers Up, Thanks to the Sun
 Rumbo de México
A small fishing community in southern Veracruz is getting lit up by its most renewable resource: the sun.
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