Oscar Lopez looks at a hydrocarbon spill next to a cornfield, in the community of Rafael Rosas, in Papantla, state of Veracruz on April 11, 2026. The Mexican government plans to extract natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, a method that has been criticized by environmental organizations, in order to reduce its dependence on imports from the United States, according to a plan presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Marco Antonio MARTINEZ / AFP via Getty Images)