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Mexico Offering Water To South Texas. But With A Catch
November 11th, 2024
Via Grist, a look at Mexico’s offer of water to South Texas, but there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about: Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting water reserves have been offered up a modest but helpful amount of water for their dried-up land. The farmers are […]
Read more »Is A Global Industrial Hub Responsible For The Destruction of Mexico’s Atoyac River?
November 6th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a look at how pollution from a cluster of foreign factories in Mexico is contributing to a threat to public health: On the outskirts of Puebla in central Mexico sits an area on the Atoyac River known as Nueva Alemania, or “New Germany”. Between two factories, under-construction houses pepper streets with names such as Frankfurt, […]
Read more »How Mexico City Averted All-Out Drought
October 17th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at how – with just-in-time rain and a looming presidential election – Mexico City never reached ‘Day Zero.’ But the politicized threat helped propel water infrastructure as a priority policy issue. As severe drought parched the Valley of Mexico earlier this year, news outlets began a countdown to a total failure […]
Read more »A Border-Wide Approach To Transboundary Aquifer Management Between Mexico and the United States
October 15th, 2024
Via Science Direct, a new journal article on transboundary aquifer areas between Mexico and the U.S.: Highlights • New Mexico and Chihuahua have the most vulnerable groundwater hotspots. • ETAAs help in the prioritization of areas to promote transboundary collaboration. • ETAAs support the assessment of potential transboundary impacts on a local scale. Abstract Study […]
Read more »Managing Groundwater on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Challenging But Vital
September 15th, 2024
Via APM Research Lab, an article on the importance of managing groundwater on the U.S.-Mexico border: Constellation Brands, a U.S.-based beverage company, announced in 2016 that they would begin construction on a new brewery in Mexicali, Baja California. Constellation already operated two factories in Mexico, producing beers like Corona and Modelo for American consumers. Almost […]
Read more »‘Enormous’ Profits From Avocado Exports Drive Water Shortages In Mexico
September 12th, 2024
Via PBS, an interview examining the impact that Mexico’s avocado exports are having upon the nation’s water supply: Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the environmental and human costs of skyrocketing avocado sales […]
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