The Trinational Information Repository- The Trinational Information Repository was created with support of the State of New Mexico under a contract to The North American Institute (NAMI). The goal of the project is to develop an electronic technology data base for use by New Mexico and other entities to aid in the strengthening of social, cultural and economic ties with Canada, Mexico and the United States. To that end the site is intended to provide information on critical issues to the three countries as well as explore other issues, questions and solutions of interest to North America. It is anticipated that the data and information in the Repository will continue to grow and develop with continuing input from NAMI, NAMI supporters and public interested in North American affairs.
Latest Additions
NAMI is aggregating a collection of podcasts/vodcasts on the subject of Water Security, as part of a larger project gathering Climate Change and Water information for Canada, Mexico and the United States.You can find out more in those sections of the TIR that deal with those subjects:
Upcoming Water Symposium
Media [podcasts, videos]
Our array of podcasts will be complete June 2008.
TRINATIONAL NEWS
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Obama Team Set on Environment.
NY Times Politics, December 10, 2008 - “President-elect Barack Obama has selected his top energy and environmental advisers, including a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, presidential transition officials said Wednesday. Collectively, they will have the task of carrying out Mr. Obama’s stated intent to curb global warming emissions drastically while fashioning a more efficient national energy system. And they will be able to work with strong allies in Congress who are interested in developing climate-change legislation, despite fierce economic headwinds that will amplify objections from manufacturers and energy producers.” Read more.
End of oil could worsen warming, study finds.
MSNBC, December 10, 2008 - “As humanity wrings ever more fossil fuels from our planet, the question of when the taps will start to run dry — when “peak oil” will occur — looms ever closer on the horizon. Some say a decade, maybe two. Some say it’s already passed. No one is sure. Whatever the answer, new research has come to the ominous conclusion that slackening oil and gas supplies could actually accelerate the pace of global warming.” Read more.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Get close to Obama on economy and security, paper says.
Globe & Mail, December 9, 2008 - “A group of influential foreign-affairs experts wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper to develop a close friendship with president-elect Barack Obama and forge deeper ties between Canada and the United States. The belief that Canada should not get too close to its giant neighbour is the “mantra of elites,” and most Canadians do not share such fears, says a blueprint for engagement between the two countries that was released yesterday by the Canada-U.S. Project. “Stephen Harper and Barack Obama should work quickly to develop a strong personal relationship,” it says, quoting a paper contributed to the project by Robin Sears, who was a member of Bob Rae’s staff when Mr. Rae was leader of the Ontario NDP.” Read more.
UN Climate Chief Says Comprehensive Treaty May Not Come by 2009.
Bloomberg, December 9, 2008 - “The top United Nations climate change official said international talks are not progressing fast enough to produce a “comprehensive” treaty by the end of next year to stem global warming. Too many issues remain unresolved, said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, during a meeting with reporters at international talks on global warming in Poznan, Poland. Delegates from about 190 nations have gathered in the Polish city until Dec. 12 to negotiate a new treaty to trim greenhouse- gas emissions and fight climate change.” Read more.
Economy forcing many Mexicans to leave United States.
USA Today, December 9, 2008 - “When her 3-year-old son begs for pizza, or when her family is shivering through a subfreezing night in the Mexican highlands — those are the moments when Rosario Araujo misses America the most. Three months ago, Araujo and her husband, José Zavala, were still living comfortably, though illegally, in a suburb of Phoenix. He hung drywall for $10 an hour; she was a housekeeper. Their version of the American dream was modest: a small apartment, a washing machine and an occasional night out with their two American-born kids. Then the economic crisis hit, and work dried up.” Read more.
Experts prepare strategy on Canada-US relations.
Whistlestopper, December 9, 2008 - “A group of influential foreign-affairs experts wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper to develop a close friendship with president-elect Barack Obama and forge deeper ties between Canada and the United States. The belief that Canada should not get too close to its giant neighbour is the “mantra of elites,” and most Canadians do not share such fears, says a blueprint for engagement between the two countries that was released yesterday by the Canada-U.S. Project.” Read more.
Monday, December 08, 2008
State of Fear.
NY Times Editorial Page, December 8, 2008 - “If Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona is confirmed as homeland security secretary, she will leave behind a state in full Republican control, with immigration zealots embedded in both houses of the Legislature, and not enough moderates to go around. That is the down side of President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to bring Ms. Napolitano to Washington. For years, she has been the most powerful voice of reason in a state that continues to hatch some of the dumbest, cruelest ideas anywhere for getting tough on immigrants. This is the border state that brought us the Minutemen, where duly elected Yosemite Sams keep thinking up new ways to brand illegal immigrants as a class of undesirables and criminals.” Read more.
Border security drone flown from Arizona to Canadian border.
Phoenix Business Journal, December 8, 2008 - “The U.S. Customs & Border Patrol has sent a surveillance drone it uses to patrol Arizona’s border with Mexico to the Canadian border for similar work. The federal security agency flew the Predator B drone from Fort Huachuca U.S. Army base in Sierra Vista to Grand Forks, N.D. where it will monitor the U.S./Canadian border.” Read more.
