I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A mining company has announced its next steps and timeframe for beginning uranium mining in New Mexico. Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) hopes to begin production by 2013, subject to financing, uranium prices, and final permits…
Uranium mining in Churchrock advanced last week as an appeals court cleared the way for Hydro Resources to start in-situ leaching in Northwest New Mexico. But residents and environmentalists worry that the mining will contaminate water. Because of the ongoing issue of abandoned mines that haven’t been cleaned up and a legacy of illness caused by exposure in the mines, the Navajo Nation banned uranium mining of all types in 2005.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed a new law yesterday that puts a cramp in plans to re-open the old Mt. Taylor uranium mine in northwestern New Mexico. The law requires uranium mills, which process the ore from uranium…
Senator Tom Udall is among the sponsors of federal legislation introduced yesterday that would expand restitution for Americans sickened from working in uranium mines or living near atomic weapons tests. The plan was hailed by Navajo Nation Council Delegate Phil Harrison, who represents two communities that hold uranium mining legacy sites, who told The Independent it would close gaps that exist in current legislation and provide for a much needed study of the workers, their families and community members.
Hydro Resources, Inc. can’t yet start mining for uranium in Church Rock until an appeals court decides whether or not 160 acres owned by HRI are subject to regulation by the EPA or the New Mexico Environment Department.
New Mexico’s House delegation has identified a potential way to free up funds for cleaning up abandoned uranium mine sites in New Mexico. Congressmen Harry Teague, Ben Ray Luján, and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation Friday that would make available Surface…
A federal court this week gave a uranium company the green light to move forward with mining operations in Churchrock, a Navajo community just east of Gallup, New Mexico. Opponents had argued that since the site already emits more radiation than regulations allow, a license for a new operation can’t be given because any new radiation emitted, no matter how small, would compound the problem.
The concept that nuclear energy is a “green” energy was brushed aside by most Democrats on the Senate Rules committee Wednesday morning. A memorial brought by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, would have directed that the state environment department acknowledge…
“Ground Zero. In some ways, New Mexico comes a close second to Chernobyl.”
So begins a review, published this week in the Akron Beacon Journal, of an exhibit of photographs of Patrick Nagatani. The New Mexico photographer’s work is on display…
