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Local Island NEWS in English - Updated Weekly |
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News for the Week of June 29, 2009
Beginning in December 2002, Cozumel Insider was proudly the first website to provide readers the Cozumel News in English.
Articles are slected from local newspapers which we feel will be of interest to our diverse audience. These articles are then translated into English. We cannot always investigate the veracity of a particular article, but offer these translations as a reflection of the Cozumel community news just as reporters write it for Por Esto, Diario de Quintana Roo, Novedades and El Seminario. We appreciate hearing from our readers and welcome your questions, suggestions and comments. Please send them to: questions@cozumelinsider.com
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| Submarine Puts Divers In Danger |
| Cozumel divers have denounced the new crew of the only submarine operating in the island for coming too close to diving groups. Testimony has been given that the crew steers the sub toward the divers and make fun of them and make obscene gestures through the portholes. This attitude and the dangerous maneuvers could cause an accident, given that the sub operates on the reefs frequented by divers and snorkelers at only half the suggested depth. Additionally the noise of the machine drives away the wildlife and negatively impacts the quality of the dive experience. The complainants state that they have nothing against the sub, which has operated in Cozumel for years, but just the aggressive way they confront the divers. People who have made the submarine trip state hat the captain himself tells them that they will now see the “ugliest fish in the world” as he shows them the surprised divers |
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| World’s Third Richest Man To Invest In Ecology |
| The Mexican tycoon, Carlos Slim, is the third richest man in the world, and he states that to neglect the environment would cause the worst crisis in history. He has promised to donate 100 million dollars to conservation causes. He stated that we cannot afford to wait until after the climate change to act. The correct use of natural resources is more profitable than its destruction. The economy depends on nature, not the reverse. The best industries of the 21st century will be clean energy technology using sun, wind and hydraulics. |
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| World Environment Day |
Festivities were conducted under a strong military presence at the El Presidente Hotel next to the Caleta marina. Governor of California Arnold Schwartzenegger was scheduled to attend, but at the last minute had to cancel because of scheduling problems and sent a video recording instead. The subject of climate change is of great importance to all inhabitants of Earth. A project of “carbon kidnapping” was introduced whereby carbon suspended in the atmosphere can be extracted and injected underground to alleviate the deterioration of the environment and climate change.
Experts in scientific studies of the environment expressed the opinion that the mass media must spread, through clear and concise messages, information on environmental issues, because it is the only way the population becomes aware of what could constitute life and death for the world.
The climatic change is the greatest environmental challenge than it faces the humanity in the 21st Century. The intergovernmental panel on climatic change agrees that the temperature of the planet has increased .74 degrees Celsius in the last 100 years, the phenomenon is accelerating at an alarming pace, which is why all governments must joint to fight the global problem. The impacts on biodiversity and the health and life on the plant are difficult to calculate. Greenpeace was present and demanded that all governments on the planet take immediate, forceful economic measures to fight climate change. |
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