The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Hurricane Odile uprooted trees and shook buildings as it bore down on Mexico's tourist haven of Baja California on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of thousands from the path of one of the worst recorded storms to slam the region's luxury resorts. Powerful winds around the eye of the storm were …
The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century. Globally, at least 25 million kilometres of new roads are anticipated by 2050; a 60% increase in the total length of roads over that in 2010. Nine-tenths of all road construction is expected to occur in developing nations, including …
Mexicans are baffled at the sudden death of thousands of fish in a lake in the centre of the country, a dramatic intensification of a problem that no one has yet been able to explain. Nearly 50 tonnes of dead popoche chub fish were removed at the weekend from Lake …
A Grupo Mexico SAB chemical spill in two rivers looms as the worst environmental incident in Mexico’s recent mining history and damages could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, authorities said. Mexico will seek “maximum sanctions” against the nation’s biggest mining company, Environment Minister Juan Jose Guerra Abud said today …
An oil pipeline spill that contaminated a river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will take months to clean up, the country's top water authority said on Thursday. The 24-inch Madero-Cadereyta pipeline, owned by national oil company Pemex, was ruptured when thieves attempted to tap into it, the …
Mexico's environment secretary said on Tuesday that Grupo Mexico gave false information about a toxic spill at its Buenavista mine in northern Mexico, a day after the environmental authority said it would file a criminal complaint against the company. In a statement on Aug. 12, Grupo Mexico said that "unusual …
Renewable-energy investment in Mexico is on pace this year to exceed the nation’s 2010 record of $2.4 billion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Investment in the first half of 2014 was about $1.3 billion, compared with $1.6 billion for all of last year, the London-based research firm said today …
(Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday signed a package of laws that will serve as a rule book for comprehensive energy reform designed to lure billions of dollars in investment to the country's ailing oil, gas and electricity sectors. Pena Nieto has made the energy overhaul the …
Mexico is planning to revise its existing emissions standards for diesel heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). The existing regulation, Norma Oficial Mexicana 044 (NOM 044), requires new vehicles to meet either U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2004 or Euro IV standards. Revisions to NOM 044 standards will require manufacturers of new heavy-duty …
Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to an overhaul of the state-run energy sector aimed at luring billions of dollars in new investments by foreign and private oil companies. The senate approved a series of laws this week aimed at attracting companies such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and …
Mexico's Senate gave final approval early on Tuesday to the backbone of a landmark energy reform as the government prepares to lure investment by major oil companies to stem the country's declining oil production. The bills, including a crucial new hydrocarbons law, govern implementation of a wider reform passed in …
Businesses across the globe will now be able to measure the environmental impact of water use and pollution with a new ISO standard, published today (31 July). ISO 14046 will give all organisations the means to measure their water footprint; assessing the magnitude of potential environmental impacts related to water …
California and Mexico have signed a bilateral pact aimed at advancing cross-border investments in clean energy. Signed July 29 by California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Mexico's Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquin Coldwell during the governor's trade visit to Mexico City, the agreement calls for the two governments to work …
A strong earthquake shook much of eastern Mexico on Tuesday, but there were no reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.3 quake was centered in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, about 260 miles east-southeast of Mexico City. The epicenter was 59 miles below the …
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southwest of Clara, Veracruz, Mexico, on Tuesday at depth of 95 km (60 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was felt in Mexico City, a Reuters reporter said. No further details were immediately available.
Japan and Mexico have signed a deal for Japanese companies to earn carbon credits by investing in technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Mexico - in Japan's 12th bilateral carbon agreement. The programme, known as the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), lets companies in Japan, the world's fifth-biggest greenhouse gas …
California Governor Jerry Brown and Mexican environmental officials signed a pact on Monday aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an agreement that could eventually expand the market for carbon credits. The six-page memorandum of understanding calls for cooperation in developing carbon pricing systems and calls on the partners to explore …
Mexico's Senate completed on Monday approval of the bulk of legislation setting out rules and regulations for President Enrique Pena Nieto's opening of the oil and gas market, the cornerstone of his economic agenda. The package of so-called secondary laws needed to implement the energy reform moves to the lower …
Mexico is restricting television advertising for high-calorie food and soft drinks, as part of its campaign against obesity, the government says. Such ads will be banned with immediate effect on terrestrial and cable TV between 14:30 and 19:30 on weekdays and between 07:30 and 19:30 at weekends. Restrictions will also …
Expectations of a strong El Nino weather event in the Pacific are being pared back but warmer-than-usual conditions are expected to persist, meteorologists say. The latest prediction by the Bureau of Meteorology retains the 70 per cent or more likelihood that an El Nino will form this year with sea-surface …
