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Proposed East Mountains Development Loses Water Fight
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, raised...
read moreVictory in Aquifer Science East Mountains Water Case
"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 Engineer had...
read moreBoard Member Harry Browne OpEd on the Gila River
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 end the...
read moreStatus Hearing on Agustin Plains Basin Water Battle
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 the...
read more2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
The 2019 Legislative session is underway! After eight years of the Martinez administration, there are high hopes that the new Governor and a stronger progressive majority in the Legislature will help restore environmental and public health protections that were...
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