Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
… But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law … Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just …
Resistance is growing in Todos Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 homes that claims to be 'free range and locally sourced', writes Viviane Mahieux. It has already grossly disfigured one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals fear it will drain their aquifers and obliterate a harmonious community.
… Viviane Mahieux | 2nd November 2015 Activism Mexico USA Education Water Development … It has already grossly disfigured one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals … estate in a questionable new development in Mexico's Baja California peninsula. A small …
The Baja California peninsula is rich in history and natural beauty, with thousands of unique plants and animals making up its globally unique ecosystems, write Sula Vanderplank & Benjamin Wilder. Just the place for a new giant hotel resort?
… Mexico: 22,000 room mega-hotel threatens … Benjamin Wilder | 28th May 2014 News Mexico Natural World Oceans Water Consumerism … Far too many times along the coasts of Mexico we have witnessed the wholesale …
The Government of Honduras is intent on framing the only witness to the murder of Berta Cáceres as the one guilty of the crime, writes Beverly Bell. Gustavo Castro Soto, an eco-defender from Mexico, is now in effective detention in his country's embassy in Tegucigalpa in fear of his life, having himself been injured in the attack and seen the real assassin. The US Government must break its resounding silence.
… USA Corporations Eco-defenders Finance Mexico Indigenous Peoples Law … Gustavo Castro Soto, an eco-defender from Mexico, is now in effective detention in his … leaving the country to return to his native Mexico until April 6, at least. Since being …
With Monarch butterfly numbers down by 90% in 20 years - largely as a result of GMO crops in key feeding areas - the US Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the insect's status with a view to granting it legal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
… miles or more each year, between the US, Mexico and Canada. The migration cycle is … that the monarch's entire winter range in Mexico and large parts of its summer range in … Rockies converge in the mountains of central Mexico, where they form tight clusters on just …
During the past decade or so, international trade agreements have been dramatically expanded to encompass affairs that had always previously been strictly matters of domestic concern.
… imposed by the corporation. 5 Metalclad vs Mexico In Mexico the US waste-management company Metalclad demanded that Mexico paid it more than $15m, because the …
California's worst drought on record is far from over, writes Kieran Cooke. But while residents are getting used to dusty cars and parched lawns, the state's massive agricultural sector is still growing water-intensive crops like rice. How crazy is that?
… 2015 News USA Water Farming Climate Change Mexico california-drought-cut.jpg California's … and over the US border to the south, in Mexico's Chihuahua state , crops have been …
Plane Stupid's Heathrow 13 escaped immediate incarceration yesterday for occupying Heathrow's northern runway last summer. But the threat of imprisonment remains firmly in place, writes Ali Tamlit, from a state determined to defend the corporations that are inflicting the systemic violence of climate change on us all. The peaceful fight for a better world must go on.
… site at Balcombe. Compared to protestors in Mexico, we are definitely the lucky ones The … Witness , mostly in the Global South. In Mexico, an ongoing resistance against a new …
The oil and gas industry has admitted that its canals and drilling rigs have destroyed 1,900 square miles of coastal wetlands on the US Gulf Coast, but a Federal Judge with deep industry ties has ruled that 97 companies off have no liability for the $50 billion damage.
… focused on BP's destruction of the Gulf of Mexico and the coastline, it is important to … well as marine transportation, in the Gulf of Mexico and adjoining inland waterways." And it …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Systems, India Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, Mexico Centro Salvadoreño de Tecnologia … del Pueblo del Sureste, Oaxaca-Chiapas, Mexico MADGE Australia, Australia Mangrove … Chile Otros Mundos A/C (Friends of the Earth Mexico), Mexico Plataforma de Solidaridad con …
First corporations gained legal personhood, writes Don Fitz. Next they seized the right to force 'free trade' on unwilling populations. Now they are making sure that 'corporate rights' trump citizen rights - like the right to wholesome food and a healthy environment. That's where the 'Right to Farm' constitutional amendments come in ...
… as an agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, it would basically tell a poor … the US at the same time that he made trips to Mexico promising he would get it passed. Sharp …
Last week the environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered by gunmen in an early morning attack on her home which may have been carried out by or in collusion with state agents. Now her friend and colleague Gustavo Castro, himself wounded in the attack and the only witness to Berta's murder, has been detained for questioning.
… Castro - coordinator of Friends of the Earth Mexico / Otros Mundos Chiapas , the Mexican … Gustavo Castro, of Friends of the Earth, Mexico." Erich Pica, president of FoE US, …
The 'war on drugs' is presented as a necessary battle against social evils, writes Benjamin Ramm. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has criminalised both religious and cultural expression. And it's a war that is strictly for the global poor: people in Colorado can grow pot - so why not Colombians?
… unprecedented levels of violence - during Mexico's counter-narcotics surge between 2007 … Even politicians friendly to the US, such as Mexico's plutocratic president Enrique Peña …
For over two years the small community of San José del Golfo has maintained a 24-hour barricade against the US-owned mine El Tambor that threatens to destroy their land and water. The non-violent resistance, led by women, is transforming the traditional 'macho' culture, and attracting support across Guatemala, and beyond.
… visiting. In the past, groups from Argentina, Mexico and other countries have joined the … - one they are especially aware of in Mexico and other Latin American countries, … immigration and land in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala. His work has appeared at …
In a landmark judgment today, four Niger Delta farmers have won the right to sue Dutch oil multinational Shell in the Netherlands courts after oil spills destroyed their farms and fish ponds. The case sets a precedent for other victims of corporate environmental and human rights harms around the world.
… from its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Milieudefensie, "For … sinking of the Deep Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 has leaked into the …
Being mindful of your direct and indirect water consumption is beneficial to the planet, your health and your finances writes Ruth Barton....
… farm animals (enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year). · 70 million … of fuel - enough to power all the cars in Mexico and Canada. · 33 more tons of …
Pollution, poisoning and the loss of human life due to unsafe water are the accepted costs of doing business in America.
… which spans the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. I had heard that this First … later taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital where Dr Russell Snyder …
Drought is returning Lake Powell, impounded behind the Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado river, back to desert, writes Grant A. Mincy - and a fine thing too! As nature turns billions of dollars of infrastructural abomination to junk, this creates the chance to reclaim our commons and recreate ravaged ecosystems.
… Southwest United States and the arid lands of Mexico. Where there was once free-flowing … be heavy migration from the region, including Mexico, as climate change and water scarcity …
Orcas from Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia are under threat,in large part due to toxic organic compounds in the marine food chain, writes Sierra Rayne. To give them a fighting chance, the nearby community of Victoria, British Columbia must install advanced sewage treatment - rather than just dump its wastewater largely untreated into the orcas' ocean home.
… one of the last major cities north of the US-Mexico border to not use advanced wastewater …
Like carbon trading, REDD and food speculation before it, the buying and selling of water is just the latest example of market principles being applied to natural resources. But just how ethical is it? Debika Ray reports
… READ MORE... INVESTIGATION Exclusive film Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels … for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and …
The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It's one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if we fail to respond to the warnings before us, major food and power shortages will soon afflict large parts of the globe fuelling hunger, insecurity and conflict.
… water scarcity issues in Jordan, Lebanon, New Mexico, California and Australia. Thirsty … River basin is shared by seven US states and Mexico - rivalry over control of water is …
A leaked text from the 'Trade In Services Agreement' negotiations shows that TISA is set to unleash a massive wave of deregulation affecting social, environmental and financial standards, and force the privatisation of state-run enterprises, writes Pete Dolack. So it's not just TTIP, CETA and TPP we have to fight - TISA could be the biggest corporate power grab of them all.
… are Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Turkey and …
From chronic mismanagement to increased demand, Fred Pearce’s analysis of the issues surrounding water supply is compelling and infuriating by turns, says Jeff Holman
… in Israel and culture clashes between Mexico and the United States, can be traced …