by NMELC | Jan 20, 2019 | NMELC in the News
El Defensor Chieftain has a January 19 article on the upcoming February 13 status hearing (not a hearing on our Motion for Summary Judgment) in Seventh District Court in Reserve NM regarding the Augustin Plains Ranch appeal of of the State Engineer’s denial of...
by NMELC | Jan 18, 2019 | Press Releases
The Law Center issued a press release announcing a report filed with the United Nations Human Rights Committee charging the United States with violating the human rights of minority and indigenous communities affected by decades of uranium mining and milling. The...
by NMELC | Jan 8, 2019 | NMELC in the News
Ellen Berkovitch, independent journalist and documentary and podcast producer, has produced a documentary podcast for Northern California Public Media/NPR One on the long-term health and cultural effects of uranium mining and milling on the Red Water Pond Road...
by NMELC | Jan 8, 2019 | NMELC in the News
On January 8, 2019, the Albuquerque Journal published a Letter-to-the-Editor submitted by Doug Meiklejohn, Executive Director of the NM Environmental law Center. The Letter discussed some of the ways in which the administration of former-Governor Susana Martinez...
by NMELC | Jan 2, 2019 | NMELC in the News
On December 30, 2018, the Santa Fe New Mexican published an opinion piece written by Mike Neas, a retired homebuilder living in Placitas. The letter appeared first in the Rio Rancho Observer on December 21st. Mr Neas commented on the appointment of Sarah Cottrell...
by NMELC | Dec 12, 2018 | Press Releases
At the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) Board Meeting on December 4th, both County Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada and City Councilor Klarissa Peña spoke out about preserving South Valley agriculture. Councilor Peña said she “fears”...