Gulf of California at Risk from Gas Projects

Environmental organizations, including CEMDA, DAN, and ProDESC, have alerted the UN and the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) about gas transportation projects threatening the Gulf of California. These projects involve gas liquefaction terminals and cross-border gas pipelines, potentially altering the Gulf's environment and social dynamics. The Gulf of California was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005.

Planned liquefaction terminals (Saguaro Energía, Vista Pacífico LNG, AMIGO LNG, and Gato Negro GNL) and pipelines (Sierra Madre and Corredor Norte) aim to liquefy and export fracked gas from the Permian Basin in the United States. This plan includes transporting gas via tankers through the Gulf of California, threatening fishing zones, whale migration routes, reefs, and coastal communities.

The organizations are urging the Mexican government to deny permits for projects under environmental impact assessment. They also want the UN to urge Mexico and the United States to halt the use of the Gulf of California as a fossil gas industrial corridor, ensuring compliance with international human rights and environmental protection obligations.