by NMELC | Jul 11, 2024 | NMELC in the News
KUNM
July 11, 2024
by Jeanette DeDios
It’s been 45 years since the largest radioactive release in U.S. history occurred at Church Rock New Mexico. Members of the Navajo Nation will gather on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the uranium spill.
On July 16th, 1979, a dam ruptured and released more than a thousand tons of radioactive waste and nearly 95 million gallons of toxic radioactive wastewater spilled into the nearby Rio Puerco and surrounding Navajo Nation lands. …
by NMELC | Jun 6, 2024 | NMELC in the News
June 6, 2024
New Mexico Political Report
by Hannah Grover
Residents of the Mountain View neighborhood in the South Valley of Albuquerque have filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding environmental justice and air pollution in minority and low-income communities. The South Valley of Albuquerque is in an unincorporated area of Bernalillo County, but abuts the city and is heavily impacted by city decisions. …
by NMELC | Jun 2, 2024 | NMELC in the News
Albuquerque Journal
June 2, 2024
By Teracita Keyanna and Edith Hood / Red Water Pond Road Community Association
Uranium waste is a problem with no easy solutions. A proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove uranium mine waste from our community, the Red Water Pond Road community 11 miles north of Church Rock, to the Red Rock landfill property 5 miles east of Thoreau, has generated some disagreements among members of the Navajo Nation. …
by NMELC | May 16, 2024 | NMELC in the News
Navajo Times
By Edith Hood and Teracita Keyanna
May 16, 2024
Editor’s note: Teracita Keyanna and Edith Hood are members of the Red Water Pond Road Community Association. The community is 11 miles northeast of Churchrock, New Mexico.
A proposal to remove uranium mine waste from our community, the Red Water Pond Road community, 11 miles north of Churchrock in the Eastern Agency, to the Red Rock Landfill property five miles east of Thoreau, has generated some disagreements among members of the Navajo Nation. We are writing to give our community’s perspective and to help base the conversation on accurate information. We want to work together as one people to collaborate and figure out a plan to protect ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren….
by NMELC | May 13, 2024 | NMELC in the News
By Lauro Silva
Albuquerque Journal
May 12, 2024
In April, the American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report, grading metropolitan areas and counties across the country on their air quality.
Unsurprisingly to working class communities of color in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, Bernalillo County received failing grades for ozone and fine particulate matter. This most recent State of the Air report cemented the Albuquerque metropolitan area’s place as one of the most polluted medium-sized cities in the nation. …
by NMELC | Apr 18, 2024 | NMELC in the News
By Silvia Foster-Frau
Washington Post
After repeated violations, the state of New Mexico has stepped in — but problems are a reminder that safe water is not available to all Americans
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — Rosana Monge clutched her husband’s death certificate and an envelope of his medical records as she approached the microphone and faced members of the water utility board on a recent Monday in this city in southeast New Mexico. …
