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Local environment news on climate, conservation, and air and water quality. We unpack risks, restoration plans, and recovery, plus resilience planning.

Cerro de los Picachos
•December 12, 2025

Cerro de los Picachos is the mountain San Miguel depends on

Cerro de los Picachos anchors water capture and wildlife near San Miguel de Allende, sparking new calls to protect the mountain.
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Quintana Roo beach restoration
•December 11, 2025

Quintana Roo beach restoration races rising Caribbean seas

Quintana Roo plans a 33 km beach restoration push for 2026, betting on dunes and sand to shield its tourism economy from erosion.
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Mexico circular economy law
•December 11, 2025

Mexico circular economy law puts pressure on big polluters

Mexico’s new circular economy law creates a national system to cut waste, extend product life and push governments and industry to reuse materials.
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Tijuana River sewage crisis
•December 10, 2025

Tariff threats escalate Tijuana River sewage crisis fight

Trump warns he will slap a 5 percent tariff on Mexican exports unless Mexico moves faster to stop Tijuana River sewage fouling US shores.
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Lake Patzcuaro fish
•December 10, 2025

Lake Patzcuaro fish comeback reshapes local lives again

A federal aquaculture experiment in Michoacán is betting on native species and family fish farms to bring Lake Pátzcuaro back to life.
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Mexico air quality standards
•December 10, 2025

Mexico air quality standards face stricter 2026 limits

Mexico will tighten particle limits from 2026, sharpening air alerts in winter and pushing cities to confront persistent smog.
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Guadalajara air pollution
•December 10, 2025

Guadalajara air pollution makes 2025 the dirtiest year

Guadalajara has logged 219 bad air episodes in 2025, five times 2024, with the city’s southern belt bearing the heaviest pollution.
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Playa del Carmen developments
•December 10, 2025

Developments flout environmental rules warns Moce Yax Cuxtal in Playa del Carmen

An environmental group says Playa del Carmen developers still build first and fix permits later, urging tougher oversight and citizen reporting.
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Puerto Vallarta whale rescue
•December 9, 2025

Puerto Vallarta whale rescue after two tense days at sea

A humpback whale reached Banderas Bay still tangled in U.S. fishing gear. After two days of tracking, trained rescuers finally cut it free.
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Puerto Vallarta swim challenge
•December 8, 2025

Puerto Vallarta swim challenge races to save whales

Open-water swimmer Stephanie Montero finishes a 450 km Puerto Vallarta swim challenge to raise 1.5 million pesos for humpback whales and coral.
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Ojo de Agua park
•December 8, 2025

Ojo de Agua park rises from trash dump to green oasis

Once a trash-strewn ravine, Ojo de Agua park in Álvaro Obregón now reopens as a cleaned spring and shared green space for neighbors.
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Playa 88 submarine cable
•December 8, 2025

Playa 88 submarine cable plan puts last green lung at risk

Activists warn a new CFE submarine cable at Playa 88 could damage mangroves and the Francisco I. Madero Reef threatens protected wildlife.
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