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REVOLUTIONIZING FOREST RESTORATION
Foresight Canada portfolio company Vancouver based TreeTrack Intelligence combines cutting-edge aerial technology with Indigenous-led stewardship to restore ecosystems devastated by wildfires
CrimeBox
History of Criminal prosecutions of the US Clean Water Act
Which party is tougher on Clean Water Act crimes? The answer might surprise you


LIFE UNDER THE SEA
Ocean engineering and technology company DEEP unveils Vanguard its pilot subsea human habitat providing extended access to the ocean for research, conservation, and training

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2655 (Connecticut)
Pharmaceutical manufacturer convicted for illegal discharges to Thames River
CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2014; Case ID# CR_2355 (Pennsylvania)
Water testing lab falsifies results to the EPA, FDA; Lab President jailed 32 months
85 NEW SUBGLACIAL LAKES DETECTED BELOW ANTARCTICA
Study by European Space Agency’s CryoSat scientists could improve future sea level rise projections
CLEAN WATER FILES
A CWA repeat violator agreed to a Clean Water Plan
Now shellfish are returning to the Allegheny River

CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction : Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2746 (N Carolina)
Parent company ordered to guarantee payment for its subsidiaries' criminal fines, totalling more than $100 million for release of coal ash
CLEAN WATER ACT
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2360 (Pennsylvania)
Campbell Soup has admitted to thousands of acts of illegal dumping in a sensitive Great Lakes watershed since 2018.
Where are the environmental compliance and enforcement agencies?
CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2360 (Pennsylvania)
Manufacturer dilutes wastewater samples to appear compliant with permit, sentenced six years later
Climate Files
Green Heat in Toronto
Noventa Energy Partners recycling and reapplying heat within an energy district
OAXACA TOWN ASKS TO RELOCATE AS RISING SEA LEVELS FLOOD HOMES AND SCHOOLS
Heavy ocean swells in recent days have again left a Oaxacan coastal area in crisis — a 20-year-old situation that prompted residents four months ago to vote in favor of relocating one neighborhood to a nearby hill.
Mexico News Daily - With premission

A DESERT RIVER UNDER SIEGE: SONORA COMMUNITIES SAY NO TO NEW DAMS

Community residents are mobilizing in Sonora to oppose three planned dam projects, which they say will render the region almost uninhabitable.
Mexico News Daily - With permission

AMAZON TEAMS UP WITH MEXICO CITY TO SAVE WATER WITH TECH-DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES
U.S. technology company Amazon is funding a water efficiency project in Mexico City, investing US $2.45 million to upgrade water infrastructure in the capital.
Mexxico News Daily - With premission

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction : Fiscal Year 2014; Case ID# CR_2568 (Connecticut)
Ben & Jerry's manufacturer sentenced to $4.5 million in fines and restitution for deliberate dumping

RAZOR-SHARP BORDER
The San Diego Border Patrol sector now features a dramatically more imposing and dangerous appearance following the installation of multiple rows of razor wire designed to deter climbing attempts through visible intimidation.
Vicente Calderón, Tijuana Press – With permission

US AND MEXICO AGREE TO LONG-TERM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN IN THE SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA REGION
The governments of Mexico and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to fund and expedite several wastewater treatment projects in the Tijuana River basin.
Avery Schmitz, José Álvarez,CNN

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Historical Conviction: Fiscal Year 2010; Case ID# CR_1967 (Georgia)
City of Harlem Public Works Director sentenced to prison for illegal discharge and false statements
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
  • IN 1912 THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BECAME A PIONEER OF DISTRICT ENGERGY (DE), ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL STEAM GENERATION PLANT
  • IN 2012, BROOKFIELD PURCHASED THE PROJECT FOR $480 MILLION
  • BY 2021, THE VALUATION OF TORONTO'S RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT HAD GROWN TO $4.1 BILLION
This story is about how Toronto "turned a money-losing steam business into the largest district energy company in North America". The path to the project's success is sprinkled with allegations of corruption, public-private jockeying, and concerns about transparency and public accountability.

Climate Files
Interview with Dennis Fotinos, Founder Noventa Energy Partners
Developing District Energy with private equity, developer incentives and marketing

IT’S OFFICIAL: JUNE WAS THE RAINIEST MONTH EVER RECORDED IN MEXICO
Mexico received more rain in June than any other month on record, according to data from the National Meteorological Service (NMS)
Mexico News Daily - With permission

DROUGHT IS SPREADING ACROSS CANADA
71% of the country is classified as abnormally dry while 7 communities in the prairies are at extreme drought levels

Climate Files
FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK PATH TO NET ZERO
$65 million project makes RY the largest heritage building retrofit in North America
CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Historical Conviction : Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_1219 (Georgia)
Harshest sentence imposed on GA company, $3.8 million fine
A GLOBAL NETWORK OF MAYORS UNITED IN ACTION TO CONFRONT THE CLIMATE CRISIS
 Tried-and-true solutions to climate breakdown created by C40 Cities – An interview with former Toronto Mayor and C40 Cities Managing Director, David Miller


CUTZAMALA SYSTEM RECOVERS TO 56% CAPACITY AFTER HISTORIC RAINFALL IN CENTRAL MEXICO
 The Cutzamala System, one of the largest and most important water infrastructures in Mexico, as it supplies water to the Mexico City metropolitan area and México state, has seen a remarkable recovery this month.
Mexico News Daily - With permission

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction :  Fiscal Year 2013; Case ID# CR_2405 (Arizona)
Wastewater Facility supervisor convicted for inaccurate discharge reporting
OAXACA MAYOR RAYMUNDO CHAGOYA IS SAVING HIS CITY’S WATER WITH PEOPLE POWER Over the past six months, Oaxaca’s new mayor, Raymundo Chagoya, has made strides toward the goals he presented when sworn in: addressing safety in the city, restoring pockmarked roads through the Tache al Bache pothole-filling initiative, city cleanup and restoration and tackling water and local environmental issues, among others.
Anna Bruce, Mexico News Daily - With permission

ADDRESSING NORTHERN MEXICO'S WATER-ENERGY NEXUS AMID AN INDUSTRIAL BOOM
Northern Mexico’s economic expansion in manufacturing and energy is jeopardized by chronic water scarcity.
World Economic Forum

CrimeBox
Clean Water Historical Act Conviction :  Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2728 (Alabama)
That's not supposed to happen! Heavy equipment operator pushes debris into Mobile River

INNOVATIVE DEVICE TAPS WATER FROM AIR
 MIT Researchers have created a high-tech "bubble wrap" capable of collecting safe drinking water directly from the air — even in Death Valley, the driest desert in North America.

UPDATE

COLDPLAY TO RE-RELEASE ALBUMS ON ECORECORDS MADE OF PLASTIC

Continuing their sustainability mission, Coldplay are re-releasing all of their albums as clear 140g EcoRecords made from recycled plastic bottles
GRUPO PINSA AGREES TO CONSERVE SINALOA WATERSHED IN EFFORT TO NEUTRALIZE WATER FOOTPRINT
Major Mexican food supplier Grupo Pinsa agreed to conserve a watershed in the northern state of Sinaloa to neutralize its water footprint, the company announced on Friday.
Mexico News Daily - With permisssion
CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Historical Conviction :  Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2712 (Alaska)
Oops, they did it again! While on probation for a deliberate oil spill, crew dumps oily water into the Bering Sea

NEW EVIDENCE ON THE SEVERITY OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Study led by the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory, US-based NOAA, & OSU (Oregon State University) finds threat to global marine ecosystems worse than previously thought

CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Historical Conviction :  Fiscal Year 1999; Case ID# CR_1001 (Alaska)
"Inexcusable." Alaskan Cruise line convicted for deliberately dumping oil, fined $6.5 million
Settlements and Stalemates: TRIBAL LEADERS STEER THE COLORADO RIVER CONVERSATION
Amanda Pampuro - Courthouse News Service
Forty million people living in the southwest U.S. and Mexico depend on the Colorado River, including 30 Native American tribes, which were excluded from negotiations when the Colorado River Compact was signed in 1922.
COCA-COLA MEXICO RETURNS MORE THAN 4 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF UNUSED WATER
 The Mexican Coca-Cola Industry (IMCC) has committed to returning more unused water from its water concessions, with the aim of becoming “water neutral” and reaching “100% regenerative water use” by 2030.
Mexico News Daily - With permission
WT Archives 2021
Renewable energy
CANADIAN START-UP TRANSPOD DEVELOPING ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION WITH ZERO-EMISSIONS ADVANCED HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGY

TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER CONTAMINATE SAN DIEGO'S AIR, SAYS NEW STUDY
A study conducted by the University of California, San Diego claims to have found evidence of something that has long been suspected and sparked controversy along the border.
Vicente Calderón Tijuana Press - With permission
WATER COMMISSION DEMOLISHES ILLEGAL DAMS BUILT BY CHIHUAHUA EX-GOVERNOR
 Mexico’s National Water Commission on Thursday began demolishing an illegal dam on a ranch owned by a former Chihuahua governor, releasing water that could be used to help repay the country’s water debt to the U.S.
Mexico News Daily - With permission
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS: WHERE DOES ALL THE WATER GO?
“The Coke factory.”
By Ann Deslandes - Mexico Daily News - With permission


OBSERVATIONS FROM MY RECENT US-MEXICO BORDER CROSSINGS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM MEXICO NEWS DAILY CEO
What it's like to cross the border between Tijuana and San Diego
Mexico Daily News - With permission

WT ARCHIVES - 2022
Renewable energy
MEXICAN START-UP ADRIANO DI MARTI DISRUPTS THE LEATHER INDUSTRY
Natural organic leather offers a sustainable, cruelty-free alternative, with low water consumption, no toxic chemicals, phthalates, and no PVC

TRUMP, CARNEY, AND SHEINBAUM: ADJUSTMENTS TO THE USMCA
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been a key trade agreement in North America since its implementation in 2020.
Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, - Tijuana Press

MEXICO REACHES AGREEMENT TO SEND MORE WATER TO SOUTHERN US
The Mexican and United States governments announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement under which Mexico will immediately deliver water to the U.S. — to which it owes a huge quantity of water under the terms of a 1944 bilateral treaty — and temporarily give its northern neighbor a greater share of the water in six Rio Grande tributaries.
Mexico Daily News - With permission

CENTRAL CITIZEN WATER COMMISSION SEEKS TO INCLUDE WATER COMMISSIONERS IN STATE AGENCIES
The Central Citizen Water Commission continues collecting signatures to promote the inclusion of citizen representatives in state agencies responsible for drinking water services in Baja California.
Vicente Calderon - Tijuana Press

SAN DIEGO SUPERVISOR SEEKS TO RESTRICT BORDER CROSSINGS DUE TO BINATIONAL CONTAMINATION

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond proposes restricting legal border crossings, limiting water shipments, and even imposing tariffs on Mexican exports if the Mexican government doesn't stop cross-border pollution from crossing the Tijuana River.
Vicente Calderón Tijuana Press

DROUGHT PARALYZES NORTHERN STATES’ WATER DELIVERIES TO US: ‘No one is obligated to do the impossible’
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum denied reports that Mexico had capitulated to U.S. demands for immediate water deliveries required by a 1944 treaty that allocates surface water along their shared border.
Mexico News Daily - With permission


LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE DESALINATION PLANT PROJECT IN TIJUANA

The lack of transparency regarding the desalination plant construction project to be built in Rosarito Beach is causing concern among civil society.
Vicente Calderón - Tijuana Press

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