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Testing the waters: Feds stop paying to sample LANL runoff
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (961+ words) With every spring snowmelt or heavy summer monsoon comes the chance that radioactive particles and toxic chemicals could run down the lobed canyons that are etched into the sides of the Pajarito Plateau and outside the boundaries of Los Alamos…...
NM U. S. Rep. Vasquez introduces bill to prevent "last-minute, backdoor deals" to sell public lands
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (422+ words) U. S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N. M.) introduced a bipartisan bill Friday that would prevent members of Congress from including public land selloffs in unrelated budget bills, a tactic that congressional Republicans unsuccessfully used last year to try to dispose of thousands of…...
Water board advances petition for new rules on New Mexico's oil and gas wastewater
4+ week, 2+ day ago (798+ words) Members of the state water quality board voted Tuesday to restart a lengthy rule-making process to expand the uses of oil and gas wastewater in New Mexico, potentially overturning rules not even a year old. The New Mexico Water Quality…...