Friday, June 15, 2012

Mexico cancels controversial Baja resort project

 

FILE - In this June 4, 2012 file photo, Greenpeace activists pose for pictures with signs that read in Spanish "Save Cabo Pulmo" as they protest plans to build a resort in Cabo Pulmo, on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, outside the National Palace in Mexico City. Mexico’s president has announced on Friday, June 15, 2012 the cancellation of provisional permits for an enormous, Cancun-sized resort planned for the Baja California shoreline in front of a protected coral reef, citing the Cabo Pulmo reef is the only coral reef in the Gulf of California, and as such merits special care and protection. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)Mexico announced Friday that it is cancelling provisional permits for an enormous, Cancun-sized resort planned for the Baja California shoreline in front of a protected coral reef, a project that environmentalists said threatened an area that is a model for environmental recovery.

Mexico cancels controversial Baja resort project
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:59:19 GMT

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