by NMELC | Mar 27, 2014 | News, NMELC in the News
Printed in the Albuquerque Journal on March 27, 2014 By Douglas Meiklejohn / Executive Director, New Mexico Environmental Law Center Groundwater provides the drinking water for 90 percent of the people in New Mexico. For that reason, whether the recently adopted...
by NMELC | Sep 10, 2013 | News, Press Releases
Community and environmental groups to appeal SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) voted today to adopt copper mining groundwater regulations that expressly allow water pollution rather than prevent it. The rules, proposed by the New...
by NMELC | Mar 29, 2013 | News
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) will go before the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) beginning April 9 to present its proposed water quality rules for the copper mining industry. After an 8-month stakeholder process, NMED upper-level...
by NMELC | Oct 15, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Throws Out Protections for New Mexico Groundwater SANTA FE, N.M. – On October 12th, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) submitted comments with the New Mexico Environment Department on draft changes to the state’s copper mine regulations. The...
