By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Once again, the the very midst of a surge in covid-19 infections, Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum on decreed a series of illogical and impractical restrictions on the circulation of private vehicles for Wednesday, June 8, due to an environmental contingency. With this order, she sent hundreds of thousands of Mexico City residents scrambling to get
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO After an increased Day-without-a-Car program on Wednesday, June 8, limiting the circulation of vehicles in Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico , which included some privately owned cars with 0 or 00 inspection tags, Mexico’s Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis (Came) announced late in the afternoon that it would suspend Phase 1 of the Environmental Contingency,
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Due to high ozone levels throughout Mexico City and the State of Mexico (EdoMéx), the Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis (Came) announced late Tuesday, June 7, that Phase 1 of the environmental contingency plan would be implemented for all vehicles with license plates ending in the numbers 3 and 4 for Wednesday, June 8. High temperatures, reaching
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As debate over the safety of Mexico’s redesigned airspace — which has been linked to at least 17 close-call airplane incidents (and perhaps as many as 30) in the 12 months since its implementation — continues to fester, both Mexican and international aviation experts are warning that it may be time to reexamine the massive $17
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Although high temperatures and stagnant air are expected to continue to create high ozone levels in Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx), the Megalopolis Environmental Commission (Came) announced late Wednesday, May 4, that Phase I of the ozone contingency plan would be suspended for Thursday, May 5. As of 10 p.m. Wednesday,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF On Saturday, Feb. 5, the National Water Commission (Conagua) cut off access to potable water for residences of some parts of Mexico City and the State of Mexico in order to allow repairs to be made on an “unforeseen problem” in the Cutzamala System, main source of clean water for the Valley of Mexico.
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — A month has passed since the Tula River, located in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo, overflowed and collapsed its banks, causing the deaths of 15 people and leaving thousands if Mexicans homeless. The flooding took place the night of Sept. 6, when the season’s heavy rains and the government’s poor management of drainage systems,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Due to the high level of soot and other contaminants in the air around Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico metropolitan area, all schools will be closed on Thursday, May 16, the Health Secretariat (SSP) announced late Wednesday afternoon. The ruling applies to both public and private schools. Children, the elderly and those
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