Governor signs legislation to protect N.M. waters following SCOTUS decision
Advocates praise new law, say it establishes a necessary framework after U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision
Environment
Feds backtrack on mining ban in the Upper Pecos watershed
Advocates say they are considering their next move
Conservation groups decry USDA calls for increased logging
Memo declares state of emergency on national forest lands
Uranium transport through Navajo Nation sparks concerns in New Mexico
Advocates worry contract could lead to truckloads of uranium from Mount Taylor to Utah
New Mexico allows unique water conservation districts to hold separate elections
House Bill 308 permanently exempts two local conservancy districts from the Local Election Act
Environmental advocacy groups praise legislative efforts to address climate change
SB 48 creates a grant program to improve community resiliency
Trump looks to save coal, what could that mean for New Mexico
EPA moves to reduce emissions regulations on power plants
Pair of PFAS bills clears final committee, heads to Senate floor
If approved, New Mexico would be the second state to enact a PFAS ban on consumer products
Report highlights how communities hardest hit by climate change can build resilient water systems
Malynndra Tome was helping to map livestock ponds in the Navajo Nation when she saw something that inspired her to act. An elderly woman was filling milk jugs with water…
Judge permanently orders landowners to keep Pecos clear in state stream access lawsuit
2022 ruling found the public has the constitutional right to access streams for paddling, fishing and wading
State agencies request advance funding for pending Tribal water settlements
The settlements await Congressional approval
Strategic Water Supply slides over to Senate
Senate Conservation to take up the bill in a Saturday hearing
N.M. Land Commissioner Garcia Richard bans mineral mining in a portion of the Upper Pecos Watershed
Ban will remain in place through 2045
Fired New Mexico-based federal biologist: Cuts already hurting state conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife ‘stretched thin’ before mass firings
House unanimously supports classifying PFAS as hazardous substance
Bill sponsor says legislation will help address contamination
NMED issues $9M fine for air pollution; record-keeping violations at White Sands
The military has already requested an extension to prepare a response
DOGE is trying to close a field office that directly manages a nuclear waste site
Waste is transported into disposal rooms underground at WIPP. Courtesy WIPP/DOE.cca The world has only one working deep geologic repository for nuclear waste — and Elon Musk’s Department of Government…
Long-stalled uranium mines now ‘priority projects’ at Cibola Forest
Leaked recording reveals firings and disarray at agency
U.S. energy secretary touts nuclear power as tech sector’s thirst for electricity grows
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright talks with reporters at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History before a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque on Tuesday. Susan Montoya…
Stream protections clears final Senate committee, heads to floor
New Mexico is one of only three states that cedes regulation of pollutants in state waters to the E.P.A.