From Copenhagen to Mexico City to Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mexican environmental initiatives won high-profile attention this month, though not in all cases applause. On the positive side of the ledger, the federal government won plaudits as it lobbied before United Nations climate conferees this month on behalf of its proposed Green Fund to fight global warming. Meanwhile, Harvard University bestowed a major award on Mexico City’s Metrobús rapid-transit system, citing the use of innovative technology to reduce carbon emissions. But in Mexico City, Mexican legislators voted to slash funding for the national forest conservation program, citing widespread fraud and incompetence. Mexico presented a revised version of its Green Fund in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference, which concluded Dec. 18. The proposal, first... [Log in to read more]