Thursday, February 13, 2025
Inspection Follows Meetings with & Requests by Community Members
SUNLAND PARK, NM—On February 4, 2025, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an on-site inspection of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA). The EPA inspected CRRUA’s four arsenic treatment facilities, water wells and reviewed CRRUA’s operations and maintenance records. …
Friday, January 17, 2025
Decision is a Response to Complaint Filed by the Mountain View Coalition & NMELC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is launching an investigation into the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque City Council to determine whether it discriminated against a low-income community of color—Mountain View—when it passed two bills purging and putting a moratorium on action taken by the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board in December 2023. …
January 7, 2025
MASE Supports EPA Decision that will Protect Uranium Impacted Communities
Navajo people living with uranium mine wastes in the Churchrock area since the late 1960s today praised a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that will pave the way for disposal of more than 1 million cubic yards of wastes at a regional landfill property where it can be safely stored forever. …
Announcement Revealed During Annual Environmental Justice Awards Event
December 13, 2024
Albuquerque, NM—The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) announced the winners of its Annual Environmental Justice Awards for 2024. The winners were celebrated during NMELC’s Annual EJ Awards event held on Thursday, December 12th at the Harwood Art Center in downtown Albuquerque. The five awards given out include the tongue-in-cheek “award” for Toxic Polluter, which was “awarded” to Dan Lewis, Klarissa Peña, Louie Sanchez and Brook Bassan. NMELC staff presented a mock “certificate” to the Toxic Polluter of the Year for harming the environment and the health of New Mexicans.
NEW REPORT REVEALS LANL TRITIUM VENTING COULD HAVE TRIPLE THE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO INFANTS COMPARED TO ADULTS
Native-Led Nonprofit Tewa Women United Commissioned Two Reports
to Study Impacts. Finding: LANL Omitted Dose Calculations to
Infants & Children in Their Compliance Application
ESPANOLA, NM — The Native-led nonprofit organization Tewa Women United (TWU), based in Española, New Mexico, has released two independent scientific technical reports assessing the implications and adherence to regulations concerning Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) proposal to release tritium into the open atmosphere from four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers (FTWCs) located in Area G (TA-54), near White Rock, New Mexico.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Residents Ask What Actions State will Take to Address Water Crisis
SUNLAND PARK, NM—On Monday, September 16, 2024, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) held a public town hall in Sunland Park, New Mexico, about the ongoing water crisis and service issues by the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA).