Acid rain is eating away at the Mayan ruins, scientist warns
Acid rain is slowly dissolving ancient Mayan pyramids, temples and other vestiges of their civilization, a UNAM biologist warned.
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Artists rally as vaquita population drastically declines
The Macay museum in Mérida has joined peers in Mexico City in using art to communicate the plight of the vaquita marina.
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Mexico hailed for taking measures to protect 2 endangered species
UNESCO has recognized Mexico for its efforts protecting totoaba and the vaquita, two endangered species found only in the Gulf of California.
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Help for eroding beaches will have to wait for next administration
Shrinking beaches have put 1,300 properties in danger, but Yucatán’s beach rescue program is out of money, said a state official.
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Protest continues against pig farm in cenote territory
Fearing a large pig farm will endanger sacred cenotes, the rural civil association found ways to ensure their message would be noticed.
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Sportsman promotes sustainable bicycle tourism in flat, pedal-friendly Yucatán
A cyclist sees the area as a natural fit for bicycle tourism, and for promoting cycling as a way of life.
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Signs declared beach private; feds think otherwise
Stickers boldly marked “Clausurado” in red block letters have covered up homemade signs declaring a stretch of beach to be private property.
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Beach fenced off in Chuburná, but neighbors can only speculate why
The sudden and unexpected appearance of razor wire fencing and crude private-property signs at an unspoiled stretch of beach in Chuburná has residents unnerved.
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State government shut down over 300 construction sites in 2017
The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) reported that in 2017 they shut down illegal construction sites 300 times
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Deforestation threatens the ancient Mayan practice of making natural chewing gum
Despite the odds, local cooperatives and a special consortium have succeeded in securing a future for the chicleros of the Yucatán Peninsula, reports the Sierra Club.
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Goal: Yucatán as sustainable as Costa Rica by 2030
In the year since 81 peninsular universities, state agencies and private companies signed on to the Yucatán Sustainability Agreement (ASPY), an environmentalist here sees progress.
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La Plancha neighbors were way ahead of everybody else in creating a park
Three years ago, neighbors mobilized and planted 100 trees on the perimeter of La Plancha. All that work has paid off.
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Upscale hotel-office complex is greener than it looks
The MID Center business complex, rising by one of the city’s busiest intersections, will be Mérida’s first privately owned building with a global certification of environmental sustainability.
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Wiring systems plant opens with plans to hire thousands
Leoni, a leading European provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, has officially opened a new, environmentally friendly wiring systems plant here.
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A cryptic, methane-fueled ecosystem found beyond cenotes
Scientists have found a cryptic world in the underwater systems guarded by Yucatán’s already mysterious cenotes.
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Mexico yanks Monsanto’s permit to market GMO soy
The federal government has revoked Monsanto’s permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states, including Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
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500 exotic birds make themselves at home at new eco-park
An interactive ecological park is about to open where 500 exotic birds from Mexico City are feathering their nests.
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Clogged with trash, 40 cenotes in urgent need of intervention
At least 40 cenotes in Yucatán are in urgent need of intervention, and on Saturday, Expediciones Grosjean will begin work cleaning some of them.
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State still bans GMO crops despite federal rebuke
Almost a year after the state government declared the area free of GMO crops, state authorities are sticking to their guns despite a looming federal order to reverse it.
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Empty port market place projected to open by Easter 2018
Brushing aside fears that a white elephant had been built between two piers, the Port Administration has projected that its Plaza Comercial will be open before the Easter holidays.
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Residents go to court to protect Cenote Zone from pig farm
An environmental group has denounced Seduma, the state secretary of urban development, for favoring a mega pig farm in the Cenote Zone.
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Villagers delay construction of solar park in Ticul
Upset about deforestation of their lands, residents have managed to force state officials to delay a huge solar-energy park.
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Scientists from around the world arrive for climate change workshop
The Gulf’s declining fish population will be studied by 400 scientists from 50 countries next week at a weeklong workshop.
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Police get 2 more agile, clean-energy patrol cars
Municipal police have been handed keys to two more electric patrols cars, built for economy, the ecology and agility.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now