51 out of 68 PRD federal deputies back the Mexico State poll

51 out of the 68 PRD federal deputies took out an ad where they lined up behind the planned Mexico State poll, where voters will say yes or no to the proposal of a PRD-PAN electoral alliance in the state.

That's a surprisingly high number - three quarters of the party's entire legislative group of the lower chamber, to be exact. The internal PRD factions that adamantly oppose actually asking the people what they want rather than to claim to know their will beforehand, appear to be in a clear minority.

Wave of resurgent nuclear power also hits Mexico: CFE projects two new nuclear plants

Nuclear power is making a comeback, and Mexico is no exception: The CFE, the state-owned federal electricity company, announced plans to build two more nuclear plants in Laguna Verde, in Veracruz state, home to Mexico's sole electric power-generating nuclear plant, in operation since 1990, as part of President Felipe Calderón's clean power energy. Long-term plans of new plants in Sonora were also announced.

It's going to cost, though: So far, $4.5 billion is an estimate. Yet if the alternative is fossil-powered fuel plants, when it comes to pollution it's hard to argue against nuclear plant on environmental grounds.

Atomic energy - it ain't going away anytime soon.