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A Nuclear Power Revival Is Sparking a Surge in Uranium Mining
April 4, 2024
A push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium, spurring the opening of new mines. The industry says new technologies will eliminate pollution from uranium mining, but its toxic legacy, particularly in the U.S. Southwest, leaves many wary of an incipient mining boom. …
Federal Government Must Halt New Uranium Mining and Clean up the 500-plus Abandoned Mines
March 24, 2024
By Eric Jantz, Allbuquerque resident and Teracita Keyanna, Gallup resident
They look like small mesas — indistinguishable, really, from the buttes and juniper-dotted hills that are common features on New Mexico’s landscape.
Rather than being part of a landscape that reflects the ebb and flow that millennia of seasons have sculpted into the Earth, however, these mounds of uranium mining waste are obelisks memorializing the point at which humanity completely divested itself of its moral compass and put its faith in the destructive power of the atom. …
MacKenzie Scott Donates $20 Million to New Mexico Nonprofits
March 21, 2024
By Griffin Rushton, KOB TV 4
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has awarded 10 New Mexico organizations a total of $20 million through her Yield Giving foundation. …
For the folks at the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, $2 million is keeping their fight alive.
“I literally was just in disbelief, and in tears, or just feeling some of that weight being lifted off my shoulders,” said Virginia Necochea, executive director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. …
NMELC Receives $2 Million Grant from Yield Giving Open Call
NMELC is One of 10 Nonprofits in the State to be Selected
For Immediate Release
Thursday, March 21, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE—Mackenzie Scott’s charity, Yield Giving, announced this week that New Mexico Environmental Law Center was selected among thousands of organizations across the nation to receive a gift of $2 million from the Yield Giving Open Call. …
County Leaders Should use Realistic Data when Considering Santolina Proposal
March 17, 2024
By State Sen. Linda M. Lopez & David Vogel
We can all probably agree that good governance is an essential ingredient for a sustainable democracy. And good data is an essential ingredient for good governance.
A report recently released by the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER), an independent, nonpartisan research group and recognized expert in socioeconomic data for the state of New Mexico, revealed that the Santolina proposal for development on the far West Side of Albuquerque is based on highly unlikely and unrealistic data and projections….