Blog: Pollution from the Tijuana River is a complex, decades-old issue. For Fox News it’s simple: Mexico is to blame.
Every year, billions of gallons of sewage and toxic industrial waste flow down the Tijuana River, across the U.S.-Mexico border, and into the Pacific Ocean. It is a complex, decades-old, transjurisdictional issue that environmentalists and governments at the local, state, and federal level have been grappling with for years. Recently, entities on both sides of the border have made some progress, but experts agree that more has to be done to address the international pollution crisis. But viewers watching Fox News would have scant understanding of the complexity of this issue, the shared responsibility for its resolution, or the progress that has been made in both the U.S. and Mexico. According to Fox and new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the issue is simple: Mexico is to blame.