Sand Stolen from Baja California, Some Sent to US This week, Mexicos Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Federal Environmental Protection Office, Profepa) officially suspended the activities of 70 companies that, in 2002, have illegally mined 450,000 tons of Baja California sand to export to the US. Continúa
Offer Students Low-Cost Internet Access Indiana schoolchildren and their parents can get low-cost Internet connections for their home computers and help their local schools at the same time through a new service announced today by Indiana Web Academy (IWA) and CoreComm, a local Internet service provider. Continúa
Thousands Descend on Capital to Condemn Iraq War In the largest U.S. anti-war protest in recent memory, at least 75,000 demonstrators encircled the White House on Saturday chanting No blood for oil! and Iraqis are people too! to demand a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions with Iraq. Continúa
A man holds two examples of the large shrimp living in waters in the upper Gulf of California, one of the species endangeed by the shrimp-laden boats plying the upper Gulf of California, Puerto Penasco They are fishing in a nationally protected marine reserve. Continúa |