Here at KUNM, we just learned that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has just extended the scoping comment period for the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy Project’s Environmental Impact Statement until Nov. 1. For more information about the project and the public comment period, you can visit http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/Current_Initiatives/FCNAVPRJ/FCPPEIS.shtm or call … Continue reading »
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Former NM Uranium Mine Proposed as Superfund Site
LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Federal environmental regulators are proposing that a former uranium mine in western New Mexico be added to the national list of Superfund sites. The Jackpile-Paguate mine near Laguna Pueblo is in an area of canyons and arroyos. More than 2,600 acres of mine property were disturbed and contain three open … Continue reading »
NM Trustee Settles with Copper Producer
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s natural resources trustee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Freeport-McMoRan and several subsidiaries have reached a $5.5 million settlement over the release of hazardous substance from mine facilities in southwestern New Mexico. The settlement includes funds for restoring habitat as well as the transfer to the state of … Continue reading »
To Ban or Not to Ban
This article about the forget-the-regulation-we-want-zero-fracking grassroots organizations in New York must be a dream for Thomas Linzey, who I spoke with recently about environmentalism’s locavore movement. I’ll be posting our complete interview here soon. Continue reading »
