by NMELC | Jun 26, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Leah March
Santa Fe/Las Cruces Reporter
Albuquerque Business First
June 26, 2025
In defiance of a near-total dependence on foreign uranium, the White House has turned to New Mexico’s reserves to reclaim U.S. energy security. Since May 14, the federal government has placed four New Mexico uranium mining projects on a national priority list, with three of them flagged for expedited permitting. …
by NMELC | Jun 11, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Native American tribes face a legacy of health and environmental consequences
National Conference of State Legislatures
By Tansey Moore
June 11, 2025
As the United States increasingly looks to expand reliable baseload energy sources, nuclear power is emerging as an important part of the mix. This is especially true in states trying to meet growing energy demands driven largely by artificial intelligence and data centers. In many cases, states are setting their sights on small modular reactors, or SMRs, which have a smaller physical footprint compared with large reactors and can potentially come online sooner. …
by NMELC | Jun 11, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Albuquerque Journal
By Algernon D’Ammassa
June 11, 2025
A vote by the Sunland Park City Council last week set the city on course to absorb the nonprofit water utility serving an estimated 19,466 individuals and industrial areas in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa. …
by NMELC | May 28, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Cibola Citizen
By Diego Lopez
May 28, 2025
GRANTS, N.M. — A sweeping series of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on May 23 aims to fast-track uranium mining across the United States, raising serious questions about the future of two long-dormant mines near Mount Taylor the White House sees as “priority projects.” …
by NMELC | May 22, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Source NM
May 22, 2025
Recent federal activity suggests the Trump administration has two long-stalled uranium mines near New Mexico’s Mount Taylor on its radar.
Earlier this month, a federal infrastructure agency included Roca Honda and La Jara Mesa uranium mines on a new list of 20 projects nationally that advance “the President’s directive to take immediate action to facilitate domestic production of America’s vast mineral resources,” according to a statement from the council.. …
by NMELC | May 13, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Jason Groves
Las Cruces Sun News
May 13, 2025
The Santa Teresa Industrial Park arsenic treatment facility failed a voluntary arsenic test in April.
The facility, operated by the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, was one of three CRRUA water treatment facilities tested. The Sunland Park and Santa Teresa Community facilities each tested below the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminate level for arsenic of 10 parts per billion (ppb), according to a CRRUA news release. …
