Mexico Pollution

Scientists at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences have used a new tool to measure how much of these microplastics are in human placentas.

Mexico City's metropolitan area was infamous for its high air pollution levels in the 1990s. With consistent efforts to tackle poor air quality, the city has set an example for Indian urban centers like Delhi

Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said.

Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 per cent of acceptable limits.

Mexican authorities have issued a new smog alert for the capital after ozone levels rose above 150 per cent of acceptable limits.

VIPs are exempt from Delhi's Odd-Even plan, but there's one diplomat who doesn't crave the exemption. Perhaps due to her experience of living in Mexico City as it battled its notorious pollution problem, Mexico's envoy to India, Ambassador Melba Pria, has put aside her official gas-guzzling car in favor of a CNG auto.

Mexican officials late Thursday lifted a four-day air pollution alert in the nation's densely-populated capital after ozone levels dropped to acceptable levels.

Mexico's president called on Tuesday for stricter measures to curb pollution in the capital after authorities restricted traffic and encouraged children to stay indoors in the first air quality alert in 14 years.

A number of global capitals have tried a car rationing system over the years to try to reduce congestion. Beijing, Paris, New Delhi, Mexico City: All have at some stage introduced rules to keep cars with odd- or even-numbered license plates off the road on set days.

Dead fish floating in fetid waters, swarms of mosquitos and clouds of foam whipped up by pollution: Activists say Mexico's Santiago River, among the dirtiest in Latin America, is making people sick.

US authorities plan to propose a $16 billion settlement to British energy giant BP for civil claims related to the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a media report said.

BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant's dire need to halt the gusher. The oil that's spewed for two and a half months from a blown-out well a mile under the sea is expected to surpass t...

Scientists at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences have used a new tool to measure how much of these microplastics are in human placentas.

Mexico City's metropolitan area was infamous for its high air pollution levels in the 1990s. With consistent efforts to tackle poor air quality, the city has set an example for Indian urban centers like Delhi

Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said.

Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 per cent of acceptable limits.

Mexican authorities have issued a new smog alert for the capital after ozone levels rose above 150 per cent of acceptable limits.

VIPs are exempt from Delhi's Odd-Even plan, but there's one diplomat who doesn't crave the exemption. Perhaps due to her experience of living in Mexico City as it battled its notorious pollution problem, Mexico's envoy to India, Ambassador Melba Pria, has put aside her official gas-guzzling car in favor of a CNG auto.

Mexican officials late Thursday lifted a four-day air pollution alert in the nation's densely-populated capital after ozone levels dropped to acceptable levels.

Mexico's president called on Tuesday for stricter measures to curb pollution in the capital after authorities restricted traffic and encouraged children to stay indoors in the first air quality alert in 14 years.

A number of global capitals have tried a car rationing system over the years to try to reduce congestion. Beijing, Paris, New Delhi, Mexico City: All have at some stage introduced rules to keep cars with odd- or even-numbered license plates off the road on set days.

Dead fish floating in fetid waters, swarms of mosquitos and clouds of foam whipped up by pollution: Activists say Mexico's Santiago River, among the dirtiest in Latin America, is making people sick.

US authorities plan to propose a $16 billion settlement to British energy giant BP for civil claims related to the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a media report said.

BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant's dire need to halt the gusher. The oil that's spewed for two and a half months from a blown-out well a mile under the sea is expected to surpass t...