September 16, 2026
Uranium Company Requests a Pause After Community Members Put Up Consistent Resistance to Mining Sacred Mount Taylor
Albuquerque, NM–A representative from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) announced that the La Jara Mesa uranium project proposed for the sacred landscape of Mount Taylor is on pause.
by Jessica Barron
KRQE
September 11, 2026
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Uranium mining and its impacts on residents have become a controversial topic in New Mexico. Most recently, the State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richards announced a ban on new uranium mines on state land. A resident impacted by uranium mining shared their story with KRQE News. “The desecration of the environmental environment is huge,” said Larry King, resident of Church Rock, New Mexico. …
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by Ava Curtis and Ann McCartney
Cibola Citizen
OpEd
September 2, 2026
What impact do community members make when an international mining giant wants to walk away from obligations to keep our drinking water safe? After making money from mining and milling uranium for decades, the groundwater contamination from those operations persists, threatening Milan and Grants’ drinking water….
August 31, 2026
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Petitioner,
v.
ELIZABETH ANDERSON in her official capacity
as NEW MEXICO STATE ENGINEER,
Respondents,
and,
SANTA TERESA CAPITAL, LLC
No. S-1-SC-41580
Real Party in Interest.
__________________________________________________________________
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE JOSE SALDAÑA JR. AND VIVIAN FULLER IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF
August 28, 2026
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NEW ENERGY ECONOMY
Petitioner,
v.
THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, JAMES KENNEY, AND HIS DESIGNEE,
JOHN RHODERICK, NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, HEARING OFFICER, MAX SHEPHERD, Respondents.