Additional public meetings on NM nuclear dump scheduled

Additional public meetings on NM nuclear dump scheduled
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 16, 2018 Growing concern across the state about the risks of a controversial proposal to store high-level radioactive waste in Southeast New Mexico has resulted in the addition of two Nuclear Regulatory Commission public meetings and an ... Read More

NM Supreme Court upholds water-sacrifice zones

NM Supreme Court upholds water-sacrifice zones
In March, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a stunning and puzzling decision in its long-awaited review of the Copper Rule. The case could set precedent for how the State of New Mexico protects water at all industrial sites ... Read More

Copper mine endangers water, wildlife

2001 photo of Copper Flat
New Mexico’s Environment Department is pushing through a discharge permit for New Mexico Copper Corp.’s Copper Flat Mine that relies on incomplete and inaccurate information and does not account for impacts to surface and groundwater. Your deadline to comment is ... Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds polluter-written Copper Rule

Rule allows pollution in New Mexico’s groundwater SANTA FE, N.M.—The New Mexico Supreme Court issued a stunning and puzzling decision in its long-awaited review of the Copper Rule. The case could set precedent for how the State of New Mexico ... Read More