Mezcal's popularity is booming in the US. That comes with a growing environmental cost in Mexico
- Posted on March 16, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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Mezcal's popularity is booming in the US. That comes with a growing environmental cost in Mexico

SAN PEDRO TOTOLAPAM, Mexico (AP) — Thirty years ago, a single light bulb would illuminate the mezcal distillery owned by Gladys Sánchez Garnica's family in rural Oaxaca, where the agave-based