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Climate Change: Yvo de Boer’s Departure
 New York Times
Yvo de Boer’s resignation last week after nearly four tumultuous years as chief steward of the United Nations’ climate change negotiations has deepened a sense of pessimism about whether the world can ever get its act together on global warming.
Mexico Borrows Money From France to Help Fight Climate Change
 Xinhua
Mexico's government signed an agreement to borrow 185 million euros (250 million U.S. dollars) from the French Agency for Development (AFD), to be used to support anti-climate change efforts, Mexico's Finance Ministry said in a statement.
A Few Answers for Those Global Warming Skeptics
 Joshua Frank
If you are like me, you probably have encountered a few people that do not believe global warming exists, or, if they do, they are not always convinced that humans are contributing to the problem.
Mexico Proposes Two Additional Climate Change Meetings in 2010
 Alex Morales
Mexico, which will host the United Nations’ main annual climate change meeting in November and December, proposed two further negotiating sessions to prepare for the talks.
 Arts for the Sea Turtles of Banderas Bay
 Linda Frakes
This year's Arts for the Turtles fundraiser, scheduled to take place on February 25th at Bahía del Sol and Ocean Terrace in Nuevo Vallarta, will offer original paintings, cards, jewelry, textile arts, metal art and T-shirts. Event proceeds will support the Nuevo Vallarta Sea Turtle Preserve.
US Agency to Review Threats for 82 Coral Species
 David McFadden
U.S. officials said Wednesday they have begun a review to determine if dozens of coral species off Florida, Hawaii and island territories of the Caribbean and Pacific should be listed as "threatened" or "endangered."
Biking for Vallarta on February 14
 Roberto Angel P. Zepeda
We are pleased to announce that Mundo Ceiba A.C. activities will officially begin in Puerto Vallarta with the 1st Biking For Vallarta Sunday Ride on February 14 from 9-11 am. We invite you to be a part of this movement that seeks to promote cycling as a form of transportation in our city.
Mexico: Big and Small Firms Harness Sun's Rays
 Emilio Godoy
It was Isabel Cortés, the family matriarch, who started the project. In 1990, she started looking for a way to market xoconostle, the sour variety of the nopal cactus fruit that is abundant in this arid part of central Mexico.
Evo Morales' Peoples Climate Summit: Restoring the Balance
 Brenda Norrell
Bolivian President Evo Morales, announcing the objectives of the upcoming Peoples Climate Summit, made it clear that the so-called developed countries of the world have usurped the bounties of Mother Earth at the expense of the poorest people in the world.
 Carbon Caps - Who Gets the Cash?
 The Real News Network
James Boyce: Different models of carbon cap legislation serve different interests.
Bolivia Expects 5,000 Foreigners at Climate Forum
 Associated Press
Bolivia's government says it expects thousands of activists, environmentalists and scientists to travel to the Andean nation for conference on climate change.
Mexico Works on Climate Change ‘Roadmap’
 The News
Mexico is preparing a “roadmap” to ensure that the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change in Cancun (COP16) achieves an agreement that the international community is calling for, said Mexican Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira.
Mother and Baby Humpback Whale Rescued Near Puerto Vallarta
 PR Log
What started out as a normal morning of whale watching out on the Bay of Banderas turned into a rescue mission to release two whales entangled in an illegal fishing net.
Greenpeace Occupies Aztec-God Sculpture in Mexico Protest
 Malaysia News
Greenpeace staged a protest in this Mexican capital to press demands for an effective climate-change treaty, occupying the fountain that famed artist Diego Rivera dedicated to.
Biodiversity: The Amazon is not Eternal
 Stephen Leahy
The Amazon jungle "is very close to a tipping point," and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns Thomas Lovejoy, world-renowned tropical biologist.
Davos 2010: Leaders Vow Climate Deal in Mexico
 BBC News
Politicians at the World Economic Forum in Davos have vowed to reach a "substantial" deal on climate change. The world's leaders will meet in Cancun, Mexico, later this year - after a disappointing conclusion to talks in Copenhagen last month.
Calderón Calls for Quick Climate Change Action at World Economic Forum
 Hector Álvarez Fernández
Davos, Switz. President Felipe Calderón on Thursday called on all countries to leave behind the “false debate” about the way to tackle the climate change problem, as the cost of doing nothing could be worse.
A New Era in 'Earth-Friendly' Refrigeration Comes to Banderas Bay
 Max Toledo
A new era in 'earth-friendly' refrigeration comes to Banderas Bay with the launch of a new company, Refrigerante Naturales del Pacifico. Now you can cool your Puerto Vallarta area home or business with sustainable natural refrigerants, while saving up to 30% in energy costs.
Social Forum Leftists Decry Climate Talks Failure
 Associated Press
Activists at the World Social forum say world leaders' failure to forge a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen shows the planet's most powerful nations are incapable of setting important global policy.
Wake Up and Smell The Plastic - It’s Time To Stop Burning Garbage
 Ed Schwartz
Something I didn’t realize when we bought a house in Sayulita; that burning garbage is some kind of rite (or right). Or, maybe it’s just a hobby. Now that we have garbage collection, you'd think this burning basura business might have stopped, but, no, it seems to have become worse...
Fishermen Rescue Whale on Banderas Bay
 Jason Lavender
On fishing expedition late last month, Puerto Vallarta fishing guide Phil Kerr and a group of local fishermen assisted Navy marine ecologists in the rescue of a humpback whale that was entangled in a nylon fishing net floating in Banderas Bay. Jason Lavender tells us their story.
Couple Spends Days Saving Sea Turtles in Guatemala
 Dave Hoekstra
Guatemala is unique in allowing its communities to collect and sell turtle eggs, but only if they work with a local hatchery that incubates donated eggs and returns hatchlings to the sea.
Time for Grown-Ups to Listen to Young Sane Voices: Save Fuel, Save Environment
 Bobby Ramakant
The young people are the true custodian of our future, so their voices must not be ignored. The children who live in urban slums in state capital of Uttar Pradesh gave a powerful message to grown-ups to save the environment.
Forum on the Future of Energy
 The Real News Network
A climate change conversation between Don Blankenship, chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance and an environmentalist.
David McFadden
 David McFadden
A U.S. conservation group announced Wednesday it would sue the federal government to force a decision on whether to protect 83 coral species it says are threatened by global warming and more acidic waters.
Dirty Waters: Cashing in on Ocean Pollution
 David Rosenfeld
The cruise line industry relies on pristine oceans, beautiful coral reefs and marine life to draw millions of travelers on cruise vacations each year. But the same ships that advertise excursions to untouched ocean scenery are threatening these very same natural resources with their standard practice of flushing harmful toxins, mostly as sewage and food waste, into the ocean.
Cold Front Forces Mexico to Seal Roads in Northern, Western States
 Xinhua
Mexico has sealed roads in the states of Zacatecas and Jalisco due to freezing weather, authorities said on Friday.
Mexico Invests $80 Billion Pesos in Water Infrastructure
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
During the inauguration of the Mintzita Potabilizing Plant, President Felipe Calderón declared that Federal Government is working to use water efficiently and added that this administration has invested $80 billion pesos in water infrastructure projects.
Coming Together to Tackle Climate Change
 Raúl Pierri
Fighting the front line battle against global warming, with the participation of all sectors of society, is the cornerstone of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) pilot project in Uruguay that is drawing attention from the rest of the world.
CO2 Trade War Hits Midwest
 Joshua Frank
It's round one in the 2010 fight against global warming and Minnesota has landed the first punch against coal-fired electricity that crosses its borders. The state is seeking to place a tariff on carbon dioxide turned out by coal plants in North Dakota.
Factory Farmed Meat Can Trigger a Global Pandemic That Wipes Out Sixty Percent of Those Infected
 Kathy Freston
The chicken and pork industries have wrought unprecedented changes in bird and swine flu. Billions could die in a deadly flu pandemic, the likes of which we have never seen.
Wildlife Trafficking
 Charles Bergman
Illicit animal trade is a $10 billion business worldwide - surpassed only by drugs and weapons trafficking. A reporter follows the lucrative and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador's rain forest.
Three-Quarters of Hungry Are Rural Poor
 Fabiana Frayssinet
Climate change, associated with a four-fold increase in natural disasters in the last decade, and the growth of world population, which is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, pose new challenges for aid initiatives like those of the United Nations World Food Programme.
Whale Watching Regulations In and Around Banderas Bay
 Keith May
Whether you are taking a tour or are a private boater, Keith May, the Executive Director of Puerto Vallarta Whale Watching Forum, tells us everything we need to know about safe and legal whale watching for Banderas Bay's official 2009/2010 whale watching season.
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