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Mexico
EPA works with our Mexican neighbors on the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) 
, a collaboration between the
United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of
the nearly 12 million people living along the border.
The bi-national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Explore our work:
- Border 2012 Program
- BECC and NADBank
- Border activities on air quality
- Preparing for and preventing environmental emergencies
Advisory Group Releases Report on Environmental Issues along the U.S.-Mexico Border. The Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB), an independent presidential advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has released the report, "A Blueprint for Action on the US-Mexico Border" (PDF) (88 pp, 6.88MB, About PDF Files). The report gives recommendations on how to maintain strong environmental protection measures along the US-Mexico Border.
Additional Resources About Environment and the Mexico-U.S. Border:
- Border Eco Web. This site is designed to facilitate public-access to environmental information about the Mexico-U.S. border region. Information is available in both Spanish and English.
- International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). The U.S. and Mexico have cooperated on their shared border environment for over a hundred years. Much of this cooperation took place under the auspices of the IBWC, a U.S.-Mexico international organization with a presence in both countries. The IBWC administers several large water cleanup projects, including those in Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.
- Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC). BECC identifies, develops, and certifies environmental infrastructure projects in the the U.S.-Mexico border area.
- North American Development Bank (NADBank) . NADBank participates in the financing of BECC-certified projects.
- SEMARNAT Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. SEMARNAT is EPA's federal counterpart in the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program.
For additional information about EPA's programs with Mexico, contact:
Lisa Almodovar
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of International and Tribal Affairs (2650R)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
Email: almodovar.lisa@epa.gov
202-564-6401