The Secretariat of National Defense’s construction activities near Bacalar Lagoon have sparked environmental concerns, protests from locals and criticism over the Mexican government’s disregard for environmental law.
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By KELIN DILLON Five years after Mexico entered the international Paris Agreement, which seeks to counteract climate changes and reduce countries’ environmental impact, with 195 other nations from around the world, Mexico has faltered in its own promised participation, continuing to favor fossil fuels over clean energy and following other environmentally unfriendly policies. While the Paris Agreement sought to generate
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By KELIN DILLON Because Mexico has lost some 662,000 hectares of primary forest and 4.2 million hectares of tree cover over the past 18 years, organizations like Greenpeace have revealed that more than 15 percent of the nation’s primary forest has been put at risk by illegal deforestation to create fields or pastures and illicit logging practices. “Illegal logging in
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By KELIN DILLON Environmentalists are lashing out against Mexico’s oil-friendly practices after the appearance of a massive fireball in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, July 2, which was caused by a leak in one of state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) pipelines through the area. The massive fire “demonstrates the serious risks that the fossil fuel model in Mexico
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