US EditionActivists Hope Hair Donations Will Ease Gulf Oil Damage
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noticiasya.comThe oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which has impacted nearly 1,000 kilometers of the country's coastline, continues to affect numerous communities while conflicting accounts exist between the government and environmental organizations regarding the date and causes of the incident. On Sunday, dozens of residents in Pajapan, in southern Veracruz, marched to demand relief measures for the affected communities. Fishermen, truckers, and merchants f…
Activists hope hair donations will ease Gulf oil damage
Citizens and environmental activists from Veracruz to Oaxaca are turning to an unusual tool to confront a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: donated human and animal hair. The grassroots response comes amid mounting anger over what’s perceived as slow official action, disputes about a cover-up, and growing ecological and economic damage along more than 630 kilometers of coastline. Many environmental groups and Indigenous community members …
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has hit 3,679 Mexican fishermen who have had to resort to government financial aid in the face of the limitations they have faced for several weeks to carry out their only livelihood activity.
Two weeks ago I dedicated my article to the presence of hydrocarbons in hundreds of kilometers of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. I referred to the late and erroneous form as the official authorities responded to what happened. After three weeks since the hydrocarbon was detected on the beaches of Veracruz, Tabasco Campeche and Tamaulipas, they did not know its origin. The governor of Veracruz stumbled in every statement on the matter. And as c…
Photo: Jorge A. Pérez Alfonso Mexico City Disinform ourselves. Activists and environmental groups carried out a collection of human hair and animal hair in Oaxaca, with the aim of making meshes that allow to absorb hydrocarbons after the recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which has severely affected ecosystems, especially in Veracruz. Activist Eugenia Islas, of the Poposteando Ando Collective, explained that the initiative arises from the lack…
Inhabitants of the municipalities of Pajapan, Tatahuicapan and Mecayapan, in addition to the Port of Veracruz, in Veracruz , went to the streets on Sunday, April 5, to demand a real solution to the effects caused by the oil spill registered since March 2 in the Gulf of Mexico. The mobilization, called “March through the sea and the lagoon”, brought together fishermen, tourist service providers and indigenous people who denounce damage to their e…
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