by NMELC | Mar 3, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Leaked recording reveals firings and disarray at agency
By Patrick Lohmann
Source NM
March 3, 2025
The leader of the Cibola National Forest told Forest Service employees at a staff meeting Wednesday that the agency would be refocusing on “mission critical” areas like uranium mining, according to a recording of the meeting Source New Mexico obtained. Officials also told staff that 15 employees had been fired. …
by NMELC | Feb 13, 2025 | News, Press Releases
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Inspection Follows Meetings with & Requests by Community Members
SUNLAND PARK, NM—On February 4, 2025, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an on-site inspection of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA). The EPA inspected CRRUA’s four arsenic treatment facilities, water wells and reviewed CRRUA’s operations and maintenance records. …
by NMELC | Feb 3, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Maria Fernandez
Daily Lobo
February 3, 2025
On Jan. 17, the Environmental Protection Agency announced an investigation into the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque City Council over allegedly discriminating against a South Valley neighborhood by taking action to prevent the adoption of a rule to reduce pollution in the area.
The investigation stems from two complaints filed by the Mountain View Coalition and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. …
by NMELC | Jan 17, 2025 | News, Press Releases
Friday, January 17, 2025
Decision is a Response to Complaint Filed by the Mountain View Coalition & NMELC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is launching an investigation into the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque City Council to determine whether it discriminated against a low-income community of color—Mountain View—when it passed two bills purging and putting a moratorium on action taken by the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board in December 2023. …
by NMELC | Jan 8, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Vida Volkert
Gallup Independent
January 8, 2025
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Despite numerous complaints and community opposition to transfer uranium waste to the landfill in Thoreau, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with its plan.
