Mexico/Environment: Fighting for the Gulf of California

Mexico/Environment: Fighting for the Gulf of California

A gas-export terminal threatening the “world’s aquarium” tests Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's pledge to protect the environment. The post Mexico/Environment: Fighting for the Gulf of California appeared first on Havana Times.

The biodiversity and marine wealth of the Gulf of California, known as the “Aquarium of the World”, are safe for now. The start of the construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal of the Saguaro Energía project was suspended after facing five amparo trials. The Saguaro Energía project of the Mexican Pacific company, with an estimated investment of $15 billion, consists of a gas pipeline for the export of liquefied natural gas of 15 million…

Fighting for the Gulf of California

Hundreds of people march toward Mexico City’s Zócalo in support of environmental protections in the Gulf of California on January 29, 2025. (Photo credit: Nico Manzano)This article is the second in a series on Mexico’s ambitious and controversial renewable energy plan called Plan Sonora. The first article can be read here. Subscribe nowOn the unseasonably warm afternoon of January 29, 2025, hundreds of people flying inflatable whales, wearing wh…