U.S.-Mexico Border 2012
EPA Continues Its Mission to Safeguard Children's Health Along the Border
U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) is 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.
Border 2012 is a results-oriented program that takes a “bottom-up” approach to addressing the environmental and public health needs of the border region. Issues and projects are identified and implemented at the local level. The program encourages stakeholder involvement through a variety of opportunities (see Getting Involved).
Border News
Border 2020: US-Mexico Environmental Program
EPA and Mexico’s Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) would like to thank all who attended public meetings along the border, our public webinar and submitted comments during our open comment period on the draft of the next eight year bi-national program entitled “ Border 2020: U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program”. The comment period is now closed. Below you'll find a fact sheet about "Border 2020" and a presentation used during the webinar. Both of these documents are a summary view of the draft Border 2020 program.
Stay tuned through our website to hear about more updates or contact us.
- Border 2020 Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 700K) | Hoja de Datos de Frontera 2020 (PDF) (4 pp, 700K)
- Presentation slides (PDF) (4 pp, 800K)
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Calendar of Events
& Important Dates
February 9, 2012
Mexicali-Imperial Valley Air Quality Task Force Meeting
March 14, 2012
Mexican Military and First Responder Hazardous Material Knowledge Exchange
Border 2012
Overview Video
Highlights
The Border 2012: Program Highlights - Fall 2010 report provides key accomplishments achieved for the program in 2010.
State of the Border Region, Indicators Report 2010 (PDF) (106 pp, 2.3MB)
Strategy for Indicator Development report
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