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Community Groups Send Notice of Intent to Sue Air Force

by Michael Jensen | May 31, 2019 | News, Press Releases

Today, the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP), New Mexico Voices for Children, New Mexico State Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, New Mexico State Senator Mimi Stewart, New Mexico State Representative G. Andres Romero, and three individual residents of the impacted...

Public Information Meeting on Nitrates in Dairies

by Michael Jensen | Mar 19, 2019 | Events

There will be a public information meeting on the progress of abating nitrate pollution in the groundwater under the dairies along Dairy Row in southern NM. The meeting is May 17 from 5:00-7:00 pm at the City of Anthony Municipal Complex.

Judge Denies Water Proposal for Sandia Mountain Development

by Michael Jensen | Jan 31, 2019 | News

The Santa Fe New Mexican covered the Aquifer Science decision and our clients’ victory. The Judge found that over 100 wells would be impaired by the 100 million gallons per year of groundwater pumping by the large-scale development project. She also stressed...

Proposed East Mountains Development Loses Water Fight

by Michael Jensen | Jan 31, 2019 | NMELC in the News

The Albuquerque Journal covered our victory in the Aquifer Science case. The judge’s determination that climate change impacts on future water supplies should have been considered is an important point. Douglas Meikljohn, Executive Director of the Law Center,...

Victory in Aquifer Science East Mountains Water Case

by Michael Jensen | Jan 30, 2019 | Press Releases

“Albuquerque District Court Judge Shannon Bacon denied the ground water pumping application of Aquifer Science, a Nevada-based water speculator, to appropriate 350 acre feet of ground water in the East Mountain area of Albuquerque. The Office of the State...

Board Member Harry Browne OpEd on the Gila River

by Michael Jensen | Jan 30, 2019 | NMELC in the News

Harry Browne, Grant County Commissioner and Law Center Board member, and Alicia Edwards, also a Grant County Commissioner, wrote an OpEd to the Santa Fe New Mexican that was published on January 30, 2019. “We applaud Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s commitment to...
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