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Sailing into a rosy future: the Mexican Caribbean stars in the world’s US$15 billion cruise industry. 1

Sailing into a rosy future: the Mexican Caribbean stars in the world’s US$15 billion cruise industry.

    By Kastelein, Barbara Publication: Business Mexico Date: Thursday, December 1 2005 Cruises are tearing through the Caribbean’s clear waters at an ever-increasing clip. North American cruise lines boast that they have transported and entertained more than 90 million people, while a 2004 study sponsored by Cruise Lines International found that nearly 30 million Americans are likely to cruise within the… Read More »Sailing into a rosy future: the Mexican Caribbean stars in the world’s US$15 billion cruise industry.

    Hazardous Waste Mexico Prepares Final Rule to Regulate Oil Sector Waste Containment in Salt Domes 2

    Hazardous Waste Mexico Prepares Final Rule to Regulate Oil Sector Waste Containment in Salt Domes

      MEXICO CITY–The Mexican Environment Ministry (SEMARNAT) is preparing to publish a final regulation setting criteria for the disposal of hazardous waste–especially from extractive industries–in salt dome caverns, a move designed to enable construction of new waste containment facilities. The draft regulation (PROY-NOM-145-SEMARNAT-2003) would allow waste materials from the oil industry defined as hazardous (under rule NOM-052-SEMARNAT-1993) to be confined in… Read More »Hazardous Waste Mexico Prepares Final Rule to Regulate Oil Sector Waste Containment in Salt Domes