Ohuira Bay communities weigh federal plan for Sinaloa ammonia plant
Ohuira Bay communities in Sinaloa are looking at the most recent environmental plan for the controversial and nearly completed ammonia plant they've been fighting for over a decade. The post Ohuira Bay communities weigh federal plan for Sinaloa ammonia plant appeared first on Mexico News Daily
In Topolobampo, Mexico, communities surrounding Ohuira Bay have been grappling with a 12-year conflict over a nearly completed ammonia plant. When federal officials unveiled a plan last week to address this conflict, Yoreme activist Melina Maldonado felt crushed rather than relieved. She had witnessed the federal proposal promise environmental safeguards, community monitoring, and public investment, but felt that the government was only looking for a way to make the plant acceptable, rather than truly listening to the community's concerns.
The plan still leaves the operation of the plant largely intact and now, the communities must decide on its acceptance using their traditional Indigenous consensus-based governance model.
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