Four Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation on Tuesday announced they have reintroduced the Pecos Watershed Protect Act. A news release from U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, who represents the state’s […]
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A Vancouver-based uranium company is seeking federal approval to conduct exploratory uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, according to U.S. Forest Service officials. Gamma Resources Ltd. issued […]
Silver City, NM – Today, U.S.-based mineral exploration company Ivanhoe Electric withdrew its geophysical survey Plan of Operations for mineral exploration in the Gila National Forest, citing marginal prospectivity for a high‑quality […]
In early June, federal regulators rejected a mining company’s proposal to loosen current cleanup standards at a former uranium mining operation in Western New Mexico. Beginning in 1958, The Homestake Mining Company […]
NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – For decades, a New Mexico community has been calling for a cleanup of the radioactive mine waste plaguing their region. Those calls have finally been answered. The long-awaited […]
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