planted over 300 trees in January as part of the Urban Lungs reforestation program according to head of the General Directorate of Municipal Public Services Aurora Hernández Espinoza Trees were planted in the municipal eco-park a public park in the Flores Magón neighborhood and various other locations around the city and towns in the municipality Authorities also applied 200 kilograms of mulch to improve soil conservation As part of the program, the city’s Public Services’ general director, Daniel Cabral Ramírez, said that the municipal plant nursery in the Eco Park is also receiving 25,000 plants donated by the Proforestal organization Local authorities plan to distribute these plants across various strategic locations in the city to continue with reforestation efforts The Urban Lungs program is a municipal strategy that promotes sustainable practices to enhance the quality of life in La Paz a city that has one of the worst air quality conditions in Mexico its air quality levels have registered as worse than in notoriously polluted Mexico City Pollution in the coastal city is mainly caused by the Punta Prieta thermoelectric plant — which uses fuel oil and emits sulfur dioxide, according to the Mexican NGO Metiches por Naturaleza The other major source of pollution is auto emissions operational director of the Center for Renewable Energy and Environmental Quality (CERCA) has supported Metiches por Naturaleza’s claim “One of the sources of polluting emissions are the power plants of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) as well as the cars scattered throughout the city,” Valenzuela said The Urban Lungs program seeks to fight these conditions and restore environmental balance in La Paz Through reforestation and the generation of sustainable public green areas it seeks to strengthen local communities and restore environmental balance in the city the Urban Lungs program has earned La Paz the United Nation’s designation as a “Tree City.” ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY 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while in Monterrey the nodal price is around 545 pesos/MWh (about $26.5/MWh) with maximums of 1,708 pesos/MWh in La Paz prices are approximately 2,885 pesos/MWh in the winter with maximum prices around 4,093 pesos/MWh At peak times during the summer this ratio is similar Power in La Paz is expensive even in comparison to regions that have critical fuel supply conditions the maximum price observed between January 2020 and June 2021 in Mérida was 7,302 pesos/MWh a value lower than the maximum in La Paz of 8,571 pesos/MWh the burning of fuel oil at the Punta Prieta power plant has been a source of complaint due to the effect of its emissions on the delicate desert environment around La Paz for several years both the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and the Energy Ministry have tried to extend the gasification strategy of the electricity sector to Baja California Sur The difficulties are related to the upfront capital involved Solutions studied have included bringing electricity directly from Mexico’s West Coast through a submarine cable building an underwater pipeline as a branch of the pipeline that connects Topolobampo with Mazatlán demand in the area does not justify a project on the scale of Manzanillo or Altamira which have considerable economic advantages the price differential may well make a modest barge transportation scheme with a floating reception option profitable As a further example of its leading role in the natural gas industry CFE acquired aeroderivative generation equipment for an aggregate capacity of 108 MW and has sought natural gas supply service for the equipment It also is converting existing plants for natural gas use CFE opened a tender for natural gas supply service through any technology for delivery in Baja California Sur CFE's intention was to receive 50 MMcf/d in the first three years of operation and reach 120 MMcf/d in the long term Its vision was to finance the project with its own resources As defined in a contract signed at the end of March 2021 will be in charge of supplying natural gas for three years and to six generation units operated by CFE The technological solution will consist of a supply chain that will include maritime and land elements a cargo ship with capacity of 135,000 m3 will transfer LNG to a floating storage unit This unit at sea will provide operational flexibility continuity and reliability to the supply scheme in the face of fluctuations inherent in electrical dispatch Land terminal units will feed gas into specialized vehicles that will transport the fuel to the generation plants The complexity described here entails a list of environmental and technical permits that need to be authorized by Agencia de Seguridad Energía y Ambiente (ASEA) and Comision Reguladora de Energia (CRE) The project requires environmental impact statements and the preparation of industrial safety operational safety and environmental protection management systems for the terminal on land and for the regasification points in the generation plants regasification and distribution activities by means other than pipelines are activities that the Hydrocarbons Law determines are subject to regulation by the CRE and that require a permit to operate the CRE has granted permits for such activities so the start of operations seems imminent The delivery of gas in this method for generation is unprecedented in the country and despite its complexity can serve as a reference model for other projects This is undoubtedly good news for the Baja California Sur area in economic and environmental terms But its development also exhibits the immaturity of the Mexican electricity market According to the theory that supported the opening of the energy sector that occurred in 2013 very high nodal prices are undeniable economic incentives for private investors to act in the generation sector But considerations related to the recovery of investment in the long term have prevented a massive deployment of investment in the energy markets and which leave CFE as the only agent that can ensure the scenario that provides economic certainty In its operational and development aspects a project like this may have economic merits but its expected value is uncertain given the structural risks that have arisen since 2018 CFE has an advantage over any other company Regarding the granting of permits by the CRE it is important to note that the permits that have been authorized to NFEnergía were remarkably swift compared with the time generally being seen now in the energy sector There are stories of applicants who have not had answers regarding procedures that began in the summer of 2020 The permitting issue is even more relevant today given attempts to amend the Hydrocarbons Law The New Fortress project may well be an example of logistical imagination to serve Yucatán risk takers would not have to have connections with the powerful state companies Users could enjoy solutions that do not depend on the national treasury it is at least certain that Baja California will have access to reliable natural gas supply Prud’homme was central to the development of Cenagas the nation’s natural gas pipeline operator an entity formed in 2015 as part of the energy reform process He began his career at national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) worked for 14 years at the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and from July 2015 through February served as the ISO chief officer for Cenagas commercial and economic management of the nascent Natural Gas Integrated System (Sistrangas) he is the head of Mexico energy consultancy Gadex The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index who is head of Mexico energy consultancy Gadex is based in Mexico City with over 22 years of experience in the Mexican energy sector and in regulatory affairs He then worked for Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) for 14 years becoming the Tariffs General Director in 2010 and its Chief Economist in 2014 From July 2015 to February 2019 he served as the ISO Chief Officer for Mexico's pipeline operator Cenagas overseeing the technical commercial and economic management of the Natural Gas Integrated System (SISTRANGAS) Mexico’s Senate is set to debate new legislation in the next few weeks that could drive development of cogeneration natural gas plants according to lead experts and lawyers in the industry North American natural gas prices have been on a tear for the last few weeks as bitingly cold winter weather in the United States drags on into late February Executives at Canadian midstream giant TC Energy Corp tariffs impacting its integrated operations but applauded efforts to come to agreements Mexico’s Senate made public the package of bills and reforms presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum aimed at reconfiguring the energy sector The reforms redefine the role of the state in the energy sector by placing Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) as predominant actors in the hydrocarbons and electricity value chains but that hasn’t dampened the appetite of Mexican buyers of the fuel Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Wednesday a plan to boost natural gas production from state-owned oil and gas firm Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to 5 Bcf/d by the end of her six-year term Believing that transparent markets empower businesses Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI) provides natural gas price transparency and key news and data for the North American energy markets Metrics details manifestation of climate change may vary at local scales due to oceanographic conditions at local scales may lead to variable biological responses and spatial refuges from climate impacts We conducted outplant experiments at two locations separated by ~2.5 km and two sites at each location separated by ~200 m in the nearshore of Isla Natividad Mexico to assess how local ocean conditions (warming and hypoxia) may affect juvenile abalone performance we show that abalone growth and mortality mapped to variability in stress exposure across sites and locations These insights indicate that management decisions aimed at maintaining and recovering valuable marine species in the face of climate change need to be informed by local variability in environmental conditions while documented evidence of these mortality events continue to mount understanding and predicting the key oceanographic factors that allow for recruitment survival and adaptation in nearshore ecosystems remains lacking and thus require significant attention Such dynamics can vary widely over relatively small distances (100–1000 s of m) Despite the global predictions for warming oceans and increased low dissolved oxygen waters in nearshore systems understanding how large-scale phenomena manifest and affect biological processes at the local spatial scales remains largely limited to inference from laboratory investigations without consideration of local oceanographic variability (c) Juvenile abalone from aquaculture facilities were placed on a 16 cm × 16 cm grid (1 cm2 increments) and photographed for standardized shell length measurements 1 day prior to deployment and on the final day of experiments We hypothesized that exposure to low dissolved oxygen levels that are typically associated with upwelling events would have negative impacts on growth and mortality it is difficult to make predictions regarding the effects of low dissolved oxygen combined with higher temperatures on growth and mortality due to the limited knowledge of the effects of these covariates We hypothesized that the combined exposure to low dissolved oxygen and high temperatures was likely to have a negative influence on growth and survival because high temperatures can increase metabolic rates and oxygen demand thereby possibly exacerbating the impacts of low oxygen conditions Climate and local oceanographic conditions during the in situ abalone experiments. (a) Recent NOAA estimates of ENSO oscillations (from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/table.html) Initial times for both abalone outplants are indicated on the index 2013 and July – Sep 2014 time series of seawater temperature (°C) at the 4 abalone outplant locations Dashed black lines represent the 20 °C temperature reference used to derive the Temperature Index (TI) (c,e) Sep – Oct 2013 and July – Sep 2014 time series of dissolved oxygen concentration (mg/l) at the 4 outplant locations Long dashed black lines represent the sub-lethal levels of dissolved oxygen (4.6 mg/l) used to derive the Oxygen Index (OI) Short black dashed lines represent the approximate lethal levels of dissolved oxygen (2.0 mg/l) reported in literature for many marine invertebrates (Vaquer-Sunyer and Duarte labels on the right side of the panels indicate the location and depth of the sensors An extreme event was defined as a period greater than 2 hours where T > 20 °C or DO < 4.6 mg/l We identified events by subtracting the reference from the raw data then setting all values below 20 °C or above 4.6 mg/l to zero We then calculated several parameters from these modified time series Intensity of an event was defined as the absolute value above (maximum ΔT) or below (minimum ΔDO) the reference point during the event Duration of exposure was the length of time above or below the reference point for each event Rate of change was defined as the intensity of an event divided by the time for an event to reach peak intensity Integrated exposure was defined as the integral over the time of the stressor above or below the reference point between each ecological sampling period Ten predictor variables were estimated and reduced from measurements of both temperature and DO: mean and coefficient of variation for both temperature and DO number of extreme temperature and DO events All variables were calculated for each week of the experiments to match the temporal scale at which juvenile mortality was quantified We then used principle component and regression analysis to determine which variables were significantly correlated and contributed the most variance from week to week during each experiment and integrated T exposure were all highly correlated and grouped into PC1—with the highest loading for integrated T exposure we found that integrated T exposure exhibited the greatest variability between the sites and depths Integrated DO exposure was the variable exhibiting the most variation during the experiments This approach allowed us to reduce the ten original variables to four uncorrelated parameters: integrated T and DO exposure Using the four parameters identified in the reduction of the oceanographic data we further reduced the covariates of temperature and dissolved oxygen to Temperature (TI) and Oxygen Indices (OI) to analyze the effects of these variables as a total exposure on the growth and mortality of juvenile abalone TI and OI were computed as the integrated exposure divided by the number of events higher index values indicate longer exposure to longer individual events whereas lower index values may indicate extensive exposure over frequent events or little exposure All juvenile green abalones for the 2013 experiment were cultured in the Isla Natividad aquaculture facility from 11 adults collected at Morro Prieto An additional set of juvenile abalone (n = 40) were cultured in the laboratory in Vexar cages (n = 2 cages 20 individuals/cage) placed in flow through tanks as a comparative reference to the outplants A MiniDOT dissolved oxygen and temperature sensor was placed next to the cages to record incoming seawater conditions throughout the experiment In order to quantify weekly mortality and survivorship SCUBA divers visited each cage for both the 2013 and 2014 experiments as weather and oceanic conditions permitted empty shells were collected from the compartments and placed into pre-labeled Ziploc bags—i.e Surviving abalone were fed giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) ad libitum during each visit Kelp was provided in excess and was never completely consumed over the week intervals indicating food was not limiting through the experiments We defined mortality as the number of empty shells collected from each Vexar cage and the remaining abalone as alive we subtracted any new number of empty shells from the remaining number of abalone alive from the previous week the proportion of dead abalone relative to the total abalone for each week was iteratively adjusted after counting any empty shells Dead individuals were not replaced with live ones at the weekly inspections because our objective was to follow the fate of groups of animals exposed to the same conditions eliminating the confounding of different histories Shell growth and percent mortality of juvenile abalone in 2013 and 2014 (a) Mean change in shell length at the end of ~8 weeks in millimeters (mm) Black and grey bars indicate 2013 and 2014 outplants respectively PP 7 data are not available (NA) because of high mortality at this location in 2013 and MP 12 and MP 7 data are not available (NA) because of loss of cages during an extreme storm in 2014 (b,c) Mean percent of dead abalone by week there is a different y-axis scale for panel (c) (b) 2013 mean percent mortality of Isla Natividad juvenile abalone by week (c) 2014 mean percent mortality of Isla Natividad juvenile abalone by week NA = mortality data not available due to weather conditions preventing divers from site visits MP = Morro Prieto; PP = Punta Prieta; 12 = depth of outplants in meters; 7 = depth of outplants in meters; error bars represent ± standard error After extraction and placement of 1 ml of hemolymph in a 2 ml centrifuge tube 10 ul of anti-coagulant (Alsever’s Solution USA) was added to the hemolymph and the cell solution aspirated using a 100 ul pipetman Cell viability of all the samples was then evaluated by the addition of 50 ul of Trypan Blue to each sample followed by loading a 10 ul sub-sample of the cell suspension on a hemocytometer and manually counting both the cells that were dark blue (non-viable) and clear (viable) as viewed through a 10x magnification on a compound microscope (Lieder MC-100 To standardize the number of cells to be counted we sub-sampled four of the counting squares on the hemocytomer that gave a reasonable estimate of the total number of cells per volume of cell suspension we counted >200 total cells on the hemocytometer we determined whether juvenile abalone behavior was affected by the temperature ramps by placing individuals in a plastic petri dish for 1 minute and recording how many animals moved within that time frame versus how many did not exhibit any activity To test the significance of the comparisons in the LME models we used analysis of variance with the Kenward-Roger approximation for degrees of freedom To test whether the proportion of non-viable hemocytes sampled from the juvenile abalone exposed to temperature ramps was significantly different from the juvenile abalone exposed to ambient temperature conditions we used GLMM with the sampling point as a random factor The non-viable hemocyte data were weighted by the total number of cells counted Multiple comparisons of mean non-viable hemocytes among treatment groups were evaluated using the Tukey post hoc test Differences in the proportion of total inactive animals between temperature treatment and ambient groups were assessed All analysis was done in RStudio (RStudio Inc. Data supporting the findings of this study are available from the authors and are maintained on Dropbox Data will be made publicly available via BCO-DMO following the two-year embargo period associated with the project ends The increase in temperatures occurred even though wind-driven upwelling was similar in both years as estimated from the cumulative wind stress for this region (2013: −19.8 Nm−2 d; 2014: −19.7 Nm−2 d) Despite these similarities between sites across years internal tidal motions at Punta Prieta led to shorter exposure to low oxygen where sites were intermittently exposed to oxygenated surface waters when low oxygen was present at depth These records illustrate surprisingly variable conditions at scales of 100 s to 1000 s of meters that persist in the presence of strong global forcing DO concentrations lower than 4.6 mg/l persisted for over one week at the cold-deep site in July and concentrations as low as 1.5–2 mg/l were observed at both the shallow and deep sites for short periods of time (2–4 hours) Behavioral and physiological performance of juvenile abalone (a) Proportion of the total juvenile abalone inactive after elevated temperature and ambient treatments at each sampling point (SP) (b) Mean proportion of non-viable hemocytes after 24-h (approximately 19–25 degree C ramp Ramp 1 followed by SP 1) and 48-h (approximately 23–27 degree C ramp Mean proportion of non-viable hemocytes after 24-h in a repeated temperature ramp (Ramp 2b followed by SP 3) from 23 to 27 degrees C Grey bars indicate cell response to temperature ramp treatment and black bars indicate cell viability response to ambient temperature conditions n > 200 total number of cells were counted on a hemocytometer Error bars are ± standard error; SP = sampling point Mortality was virtually non-existent in the laboratory samples (n = 2 out of 80 abalone over 8 weeks) in 2014 despite high mortality rates observed in the field sites a greater proportion of animals were inactive in the treatment (60%) compared to the ambient group (0%; χ2 = 8.6 the higher temperature treatment groups at each sampling point consistently responded with significantly higher proportion of inactive individuals and non-viable hemocytes the behavioral and physiology data also indicate an overall reduction of both the proportion of inactive individuals and of non-viable hemocytes over time independent of the temperature treatment These results indicate that juveniles can physiologically acclimate to short-term increases in temperature relatively quickly and along with 98% (n = 2/80 animals) survivorship in the aquaculture control tanks these data indicate that the extreme warming that occurred across the whole region in 2014 did not have direct negative impacts on abalone mortality At younger and smaller post-larval and early recruit stages rufescens) not only grow less under oxidative stress but mortality can also result after long exposures While we did not perform oxidative stress 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La Purisima for help with logistics and with lab and fieldwork We also thank Steve Palumbi for lending us the equipment for the temperature ramp experiment and George Somero for guidance on the physiological experiments Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera La Purisima Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Buzos y Pescadores All authors contributed to the design of the study carried out the field and laboratory experiments analyzed oceanographic data and developed indices provided the methodology for physiology analysis provided guidance and logistical support on oceanography provided input in experimental design and manuscript preparation The authors declare no competing interests Publisher's note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23746-z Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science A motorway maintenance worker has died after being struck by a car whilst working on the northbound carriageway of the TF-1 near Caleta Punta Prieta by Guimar was reported by the Canary Islands Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES) SUC paramedics arrived at the scene but were unable to save the victim confirming that he died from fatal injuries suffered in the accident Teams from the Tenerife Island Council’s Road Maintenance Department also attended the scene to clear the roadway officers from the Canary Islands Police and the Guardia Civil carried out the necessary investigations to determine the circumstances of the accident Authorities have yet to release further details on the cause of the incident or the identity of the victim has officially opened bidding for 36 road improvement projects aimed at enhancing safety and infrastructure across the island in 2025 with a combined budget exceeding €700,000 are expected to significantly upgrade road conditions and address critical safety concerns These include repaving and resurfacing asphalt the projects also encompass stabilisation works on slopes and embankments across several major roads of island-wide importance highlighted the scope and importance of this comprehensive initiative “With this package of more than 30 projects we will be able to carry out much-needed improvements on several road sections in Tenerife over the course of 2025,” he stated The improvement of more than 600 kilometres of roads on the island is added to the various actions underway which has an investment of more than 1 million euros aims to rehabilitate the signage and reinforce visibility on roads that require attention due to wear and tear caused by use and the passage of time These actions are part of a broader plan for road improvements throughout the island which includes the recent investment of 30 million euros in the rehabilitation of the Southern Motorway (TF-1) in the sections of Arico The works will take place overnight on the following roads: TF-111 (Valle Jiménez and Valle Tabares) TF-174 (La Matanza-La Victoria) and TF-213 (La Victoria) These interventions will take place between 10:00pm and 6:00am in order to minimise the impact on traffic The rehabilitation project will focus on renewing key signs The planned works underline Tenerife's commitment to enhancing road safety and ensuring long-term resilience in its transport network these improvements are expected to benefit both local residents and the millions of visitors who traverse the island’s roads each year The mishmash of meteorological conditions in the Canary Islands with alerts activated for high temperatures have been overshadowed over the past 36 hours by the strong waves that caught residents of coastal towns in the east and southeast by surprise The videos and images online support residents' claims that they witnessed the flooding of some streets and homes to the extent that they haven't seen anything like it for 40 years The combination of the sea conditions and strong winds - resulting in waves reaching up to 3 or 4 metres high - along with spring tides due to the full moon The overnight high tide at around 3:00am caused damage in coastal areas Nearly 50 residents were evacuated from areas in Candelaria as well as the San Cristóbal neighbourhood of Gran Canaria residents took the opportunity to clean up and try to protect their properties before proceeding with preventive evacuations as a precautionary measure VÍDEO | El agua del mar entra por las calles de Arico durante la madrugadahttps://t.co/nL8hdxdhaS pic.twitter.com/QnCFZ2b0gt The Tenerife Cabildo ordered the preventive evacuation of 60 homes in Arico and 70 in Güímar with seven housed in facilities provided by the Red Cross and the Arico City Council the most evident consequences were seen in Patrona Square and at Viuda Beach homes in Las Maretas were also affected by the strong waves the Punta Prieta-El Tablado road was closed Este es el estado actual del paseo en el Barrio Marinero. @BomberosLPA realiza labores de acondicionamiento y evaluación de la zona. pic.twitter.com/xGdL71JBeJ