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Environment Suffered Under Ex-Governor
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...
No More Fox Guarding the Henhouse
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...
Commissioner Quezada Defends South Valley – Still Supports Santolina Development
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”...
Environmental Racism with a Faint Green Glow
Eric Jantz, staff attorney at the Law Center, has an article in the Summer 2018 edition of the Natural Resources Journal, published by the University of New Mexico Law School. Coincidentally, the co-Editor in Chief of that issue is Nadine Padilla, the Law Center's...
Toxic Turkey Award Goes to Oil Conservation Division and Oil Conservation Commission
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center gave the annual Toxic Turkey Award to the Oil Conservation Division (OCD) and the Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) for their failure to adequately regulate the oil and gas industry. The Law Center gives the Toxic Turkey Award...