NEW: Physical mailers and digital ads have urged New Mexicans to support the controversial Project Jupiter data center. The company behind the effort is registered in Virginia, and seemingly no one wants to claim credit for it.
Marking the 46th anniversary of the spill, on July 19, community members continue to fight for the long-promised Superfund cleanup.
“Across the board, folks are saying: No new mines. No new weapons. Not until the cleanup is real.”
This story is about extraction, abandonment, and the communities still fighting for justice.
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Article by @haussamen.bsky.social about NMELC's lawsuit against the Doña Ana County Commission re Project Jupiter multi-data centers campus.
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Congress is once again trying to sacrifice our public lands to give handouts to big industry. The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act would sell out our environment, public health, cultural resources, and cherished lands — all to benefit mining companies.
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Eric Jantz, an attorney with NMELC: “If the Forest Service either ignores its obligations under NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] because of this executive order or its own regulations, litigation will probably ensue,” he said.
NMELC Legal Director Eric Jantz: “No emergency exists, and there’s no reason why the usual environmental reviews can’t continue.” @sourcenm.com
"Vivian Fuller, a seven-year resident of Santa Teresa, said strange colors and odors have been ongoing and unpredictable. 'They send out messages that it’s safe to drink … but would they drink yellow or brown water?'"
Telemundo 48 El Paso coverage of the community rally in Sunland Park yesterday organized by Empowerment Congress NM. "¡Queremos agua limpia!" "We want clean water!" @telemundo48elpaso.com
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ACTION ALERT: Tritium can cross the placenta and impact the embryo and the fetus, producing risks of early failed pregnancies and neurological damage. Los Alamos Nat'l Lab plans to vent radioactive tritium after June 2, 2025. Please sign this petition to prevent this:
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El Paso is hosting its monthly Legal Observer Training Tuesday May 6 at 7pm via Zoom. If you live in Southern New Mexico and can attend our training tomorrow evening, please register at:
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Con la causa,
Ray Rojas
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) El Paso
Coverage of the powerful press conference yesterday in Window Rock by @nmpoliticalreport.bsky.social
More coverage of yesterday's powerful press conference by Diné grassroots organizers, including Edith Hood from Red Water Pond Road Community and Larry King from Eastern Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) by @sourcenm.com
🌱 “Our EJ Movement wasn't birthed in government—and it will endure.” – @drrobertbullard.bsky.social
This #EarthMonth2025, we honor the legacy + future of environmental justice. ✊🏾🌍
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Following our story yesterday about the feds' decision to cancel a proposed ban on mineral mining in the Pecos watershed, NM's federal delegation is reintroducing a bill to protect the area.
The Navajo Nation's agreement with company Energy Fuels to allow uranium transport from a mine in Arizona to a mill in Utah has a provision regarding a proposed NM mine near Mt. Taylor.
If approved, that could mean a max of 50-60 uranium trucks a day across the nation and NW NM.
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The No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R. 1526) would severely restrict the ability of federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions, weakening one of the most powerful tools courts have to prevent executive overreach and protect constitutional rights. Call Congress now & urge them to vote NO on HR 1526!
“This administration keeps saying we want clean air, we want clean water, we want clean lands. But if you remove… the people doing the work, then you are not achieving clean water, clean soil and clean air, right?” 👈 citylimits.org/epa-cuts-wou...
SB 21 passed the NM House floor yesterday!
Thank you Sen. Wirth, Rep. Ortez & Sen. Gonzales for sponsoring SB21. We look forward to @GovMLG signing this into law so we can get to work with the NM Environment Department to build a state surface water permitting program to #ProtectNMWaters #nmpol
Victory for NM Water! The New Mexico Clean Water Bill (SB21) has passed the House & heads to the governor! This bill restores decades-old water protections lost to federal rollbacks & gives NM control over permitting. A big step for our rivers & communities!
In a huge win for NM, the Community Benefit Fund (SB48) has passed in the House and is headed to the governor for final approval! SB48 invests $210M in clean energy, economic diversification, jobs, sustainable economic growth, and more.
NMELC works alongside Empowerment Congress - Congreso de Empoderamiento fighting for clean and safe drinking water in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa. Stay updated on this case by signing up for our twice a month emails/eblasts at nmelc.org/sign-up/
Our clients in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa spoke during public comment at this morning's CRRUA Board meeting, sharing 5 demands about water quality that NMELC attorney Kacey Hovden submitted last week Friday on behalf of Empowerment Congress - Congreso de Empoderamiento. kvia.com/news/2025/03...
"The mines would be built close to the Navajo Nation, which bans uranium mining, and within a short drive of Cold War-era mine sites, Church Rock and Red Water Pond, that destroyed the environment and sickened generations of Indigenous people and New Mexicans."
