New CRRUA arsenic violation prompts NMED to evaluate taking emergency action
This marks the third overage recorded at the plant in recent weeks
Environment
Five-day hearings on Bishop’s Lodge proposed wastewater permit start
Tesuque residents say the disposal method threatens to pollute drinking wells downstream
Lapsed federal funds threaten monitoring at N.M.’s national labs
Independent monitoring of air, water and ecology around labs could stop at the end of the month
State water quality board backs off controversial oil and gas project discharges
Vote followed opposition from environmentalists, Democratic lawmakers
Possible settlement reached in long-running Rio Grande dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court would have to ultimately sign off on any deal between states, federal government
U.S. judge halts plan to transfer Oak Flat land for contested Arizona copper mine
Injunction will be in place until the Supreme Court resolves an appeal
Lawmakers urge water board to reconsider produced water rule
Letter calls WQCC approval of pilot project ‘irresponsible and dangerous’
U.S. Reps. Vasquez (D-N.M.) and Zinke (R-MT) launch new bipartisan public lands caucus
Initiative earns quick praise from the national Outdoor Recreation Roundtable nonprofit
Brace for a bleak water year on top of ‘nightmare’ fire weather season
‘We’re looking at a nightmare of a fire weather season,’ says hydrologist
New Mexico Supreme Court requests parties file written arguments in Bishop’s lodge wastewater case
The draft permit is scheduled for a May 19 hearing
New Mexico Supreme Court asked to weigh in on Tesuque wastewater conflict
Petitioners contest state environment department permitting process
Two N.M. metropolitan areas rank in the top 25 most polluted
American Lung Association releases annual State of the Air Report with low rankings for New Mexico areas
NM congressional delegation calls on Burgum to leave monuments intact
Letter highlights three New Mexico national monuments, cites the economic impact of protecting the lands
State survey finds New Mexico tree mortality doubled in 2024
Native insects largely drove the tree damage
Navajo advocates say prez’s approval of uranium transport, Trump coal order feels like a betrayal
Longtime advocate says ‘Man in the black hat’ and ‘Mr. yellow hair’ are getting too close
White House to reverse rule promoting conservation on BLM land
Public Lands Act put restoration on equal footing with ranching and drilling
Years in the making, work begins on Navajo-Gallup water treatment plant
Reclamation hosts groundbreaking and blessing ceremony
Rio Grande lawsuit scheduled for June trial in Philadelphia
Mediation will continue in the meantime
Trump’s new energy order puts states’ climate laws in DOJ’s crosshairs
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says they ‘will keep advancing solutions to the climate crisis’
N.M. delegation moves to protect Pecos after feds rollback mineral withdrawal
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich described the Trump administration rollback as a ‘betrayal of trust’