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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.

christmas trash
•December 26, 2025

Mexico’s Holiday Garbage Spike Leaves Cities Overloaded

Mexico’s holiday garbage spike brings more trash, wasted food, and emissions. Here’s why it happens and how households can cut it.
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Rio Sonora spill
•December 22, 2025

Rio Sonora spill groups take their fight to the EU

Rio Sonora spill survivors are pushing the EU for pressure, health care and clean water, saying Mexico still has not fixed the damage.
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unsafe swimming beaches
•December 22, 2025

Cofepris warns of unsafe swimming beaches in Mexico before winter

Cofepris testing before winter break flagged six beaches over the enterococci limit, so they are not suitable for recreational swimming.
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Quintana Roo beach works
•December 22, 2025

NGOs urge Semarnat review of Quintana Roo beach works

NGOs want Semarnat to demand a new impact study before planned beach works restart across 33.5 km in northern Quintana Roo.
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playa Mismaloya
•December 19, 2025

Mismaloya beach warning for Puerto Vallarta visitors

Cofepris lists Mismaloya as Puerto Vallarta’s only beach not fit for swimming, with 482 enterococci found ahead of winter holidays.
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2025 winter solstice
•December 19, 2025

UNAM confirms 2025 winter solstice arrives at 9:03

Mexico’s 2025 winter solstice hits Sunday, Dec. 21 at 9:03 a.m. central time, bringing the shortest day and longest night.
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Playa Bagdad 500 dead sea turtles
•December 18, 2025

Playa Bagdad sea turtles found dead as toll tops 500

More than 500 sea turtles have washed up dead at Playa Bagdad in 2025, prompting calls for federal tests and fishing-gear checks.
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Cancun beach restoration
•December 17, 2025

Cancun beach restoration plan for Hotel Zone

Cancun beach restoration is moving toward a new environmental filing for a wider Hotel Zone project, driven by erosion and sargassum.
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Mexico ocean policy
•December 17, 2025

Mexico ocean policy is failing 350,000 fishing families

Oceana says Mexico ocean policy is missing, budgets are shrinking, and illegal fishing keeps growing, putting 350,000 families at risk.
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Los Cabos Blue Flag
•December 16, 2025

Los Cabos Blue Flag race could add 13 more beaches

Los Cabos says it has 27 Blue Flag beaches and wants 13 more, chasing Barcelona. Officials tout new A+ ratings and tighter controls.
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Mexican gray wolf
•December 15, 2025

Mexican gray wolf comeback gets a corporate boost in Sonora

Grupo México ties an award to Mexican gray wolf breeding in Sonora and community work, as officials press on with recovery.
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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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