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In Albuquerque, a Pollution Problem All Too Familiar to Communities of Color
From Tina Deines, Bitterroot Magazine: "Across the West, communities of color — four in five San Jose residents are Hispanic — suffer disproportionately from the output of polluting industries, and are more likely to live near Superfund sites and other places...
Community Groups Send Notice of Intent to Sue Air Force
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
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
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 that the...
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...