Mexico Diverts Climate Change Resources to Tren Maya
A reported 24 billion pesos has been diverted from Mexico’s fight against climate change toward Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial pet project
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AMLO Amplifies Land Appropriations for Tren Maya
AMLO has increased land appropriations across the Yucatan Peninsula for the Tren Maya megaproject, including 57 square kilometers of land designated for the Secretariat of Defense’s unspecified use
Read moreLópez Obrador Accuses Judiciary of Coup against Executive
AMLO accusing the judiciary of staging a coup against the executive is treading dangerous grounds for the country
Read moreMigratory Monarchs Threatened by Deforestation
The reduction in number of colonies for this hibernation season can be attributed to migration instability
Read moreTren Maya’s Section 5 South Is Rerouted Yet Again
More than 60 percent of the road will be an elevated viaduct to protect the karstic soil, cenotes, caverns and underground rivers in the area
Read moreSection 6 of Tren Maya to Be Most Destructive, Expensive
By MARK LORENZANA Section 6 of the controversial Tren Maya, which will run from Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo to its capital city of Chetumal, will be the most destructive in environmental terms, and also the most expensive. The Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) for the 255-kilometer Section 6 of the Tren Maya — one of Mexican President
Read moreAMLO’s Tren Maya: An Unlawful Act of Ecocide
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER On Sunday, June 5, World Environment Day, Mexico — once again — will have nothing to celebrate. The fact that the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has decided to complete ignore and override a definitive suspension granted by a federal court’s legal injunction 884/2022 against the works of Section Five of the Tren Maya
Read moreAMLO to Go after US Mining Company for Exporting Gravel
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Monday, May 2, said that he will bring legal action against the Mexican-Alabama joint venture mining corporation Calica Legacy Vulcán for extracting gravel for export, rather than for local consumption. During his daily morning presser, López Obrador said that, from a flyover of Calica-Legacy Vulcan he
Read moreEco Reserve Being Mined to Provide for Tren Maya
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With official authorization from the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), three private companies are currently extracting tons of volcanic rock in the Balzapote ejido, within the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve in Veracruz, to take it to the Yucatan Peninsula and be used in the construction of the Tren Maya tourist train,
Read moreTren Maya Suspended Indefinitely Due to Environmental Concerns
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICIO STAFF A federal court on Monday, March 8, ordered the suspension of the environmental construction permit for the first three segments of one of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) pet vanity megaprojects, the Tren Maya tourist train, which would cut across the Yucatan Peninsula. The federal court suspended all construction of the 1.500-kilometer
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