Category Archives: Mexico

Air pollution kills 20,000 people a year in Mexico, report says

Air pollution kills more than 20,000 people each year in Mexico and can trigger asthma attacks, especially in urban áreas like Mexico City, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI, said … Continue reading

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The Man Measuring Mexico City’s Air Quality Is Part Planner, Part Meteorologist

Armando Retama Hernandez can cite the daily changes in Mexico City’s air quality like a baseball fan remembering a season’s stats. To explain the pattern of pollution, Retama, who’s the city’s director of atmospheric monitoring, opens his laptop to consult … Continue reading

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Which city has the world’s worst traffic jams?

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has the world’s worst traffic jams according to a new survey by Castrol, its 2014 Magnatec Stop-Start Index. Have sympathy for the city’s drivers, who were recorded as suffering 33,240 stop-starts per year, meaning they spent 27.22% of … Continue reading

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Mexico’s new world-class heavy-duty vehicle emission standards show vision and leadership

The achievement by Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) in proposing new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union, places Mexico at the forefront of … Continue reading

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Why licence plate bans don’t cut smog

Licence-plate driving bans such as the one implemented in Paris this week are not the solution to urban air pollution, according to analysis of recent data. In fact, arbitrary restrictions have been shown to make air pollution worse in the … Continue reading

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Solution close at hand for Mexico’s dirty air

When President Barack Obama sits down Wednesday with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Toluca, Mexico, they will have a lot to talk about: competitiveness, economic integration and security, among others. But if they … Continue reading

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Mexico City gov’t takes steps to deal with air pollution

Environmental officials in the capital and neighboring Mexico state, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, are taking measures to deal with the high levels of air pollution in the region, the Metropolitan … Continue reading

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Air pollution clouds Chile’s cities, new law protects Costa Rica’s wildlife, and solar power brings energy to Mexico’s mountains

The Chilean government has approved new legislation to regulate emissions from the country’s mining smelters. The new law aims to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and arsenic by 53% and 37%, respectively. The regulated companies will have up to five … Continue reading

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