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Mexico

Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall

In February, the Border Patrol requested access to Big Bend Ranch, Seminole Canyon and Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Parks. The access request included 14 parcels in Big Bend Ranch as first steps in a discussion of easement rights, leasing or purchasing the property.

By Martha Pskowski

The Border Patrol has requested access to parcels in Big Bend Ranch State Park, the largest in the Texas state park system, for border wall construction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News
Contractors are using explosives to carve out the side of the landmark Cristo Rey mountain that oversees two countries and three states. Credit: Gaby Velasquez/Puente News Collaborative

Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

By Martha Pskowski

Border buoys are installed in the Rio Grande as it runs through Brownsville on March 6. Credit: Michael Gonzalez

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

By Martha Pskowski

A worker removes sargassum from the shore of Playa del Carmen Beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on June 18, 2025. Credit: Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

Why Beaches Are Swamped With Sargassum, the Stinky Seaweed Menace

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

The Rio Grande flows through Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, where people rely on getting supplies from Texas. According to the Customs and Border Protection website, this area is slated for “smart wall” construction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend

By Martha Pskowski

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands while smiling at the camera, their country's flags behind them.

As the U.S. and Canada Clash, China Stands Ready to Step in and Sell the Cars of the Future

By Dan Gearino

The Big Bet to Fix the Rio Grande Sewage Problem

By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán

Expert marine mammal researchers used high-powered binoculars called “big eyes” to search for the vaquita porpoises, which are typically hard to see due to their small size and shy nature. Credit: Paula Mosa

Rare Sightings of Critically Endangered Vaquita Spark Cautious Optimism About the Species’ Ability to Recover

By Teresa Tomassoni

Andrea Crosta, executive director of Earth League International, has been investigating the illegal totoaba trade since 2018 as part of his organization’s Operation Fake Gold. Credit: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Inside the Fight to Stop the Illegal Trade Driving the Vaquita Porpoise Toward Extinction

By Teresa Tomassoni

A sphinx moth flies near the gates of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Bernardino, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2022. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

By Tina Deines

People gather for a protest against the disappearance of Mapuche leader and environmental defender Julia Chuñil in front of La Moneda Palace on April 8 in Santiago, Chile. Credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images

An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared

By Katie Surma

A field camera captures an endangered jaguar roaming in southern Arizona on Aug. 6. Credit: Courtesy of the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center

Activists Decry New Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter

Tourists snorkel next to a whale shark in a protected area at Bahía de La Paz on January 25, 2021, in La Paz, Mexico. Credit: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

Marine Tourism in Mexico Remains Damaging to Wildlife Despite Regulations, Research Finds

By Andrés Muedano

As Climate-Related Wastewater Threats Grow, U.S. and Mexico Sign a Deal to End the Tijuana Sewage Crisis

By Kiley Price

El Paso, Texas (left) and Juárez, Mexico (right) are seen from Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, N.M. Credit: Justin Hamel

Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns

By Martha Pskowski

Captive-Bred Axolotls Were Successfully Introduced to the Wild. Can This Work for Other Species?

By Kiley Price

An aerial view of Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo León on May 1, 2024. Credit: Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

As Monterrey’s Air Quality Worsens, Citizens Demand Urgent Government Action

By Andrés Muedano

An aerial view of pecan orchards and alfalfa fields on the U.S.-Mexico border southeast of El Paso, Texas. Credit: Omar Ornelas

Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems

By Martha Pskowski

A construction crew works on a train station during a hot day in Yucatán, Mexico on Aug. 31, 2023. Credit: Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

Heat Is Claiming Mexico’s Young People

By Humberto Basilio

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