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Environment

Posted inEnvironment

A dwindling, mighty river

Avatar photo by Nadav Soroker September 21, 2023September 21, 2023

A Rio Grande photo expedition shows the beauty and perils along 470 miles of New Mexico’s prize waterway.

Posted inEnvironment

How green is New Mexico’s governor?

Avatar photo by Jeremiah O. Rhodes July 25, 2023August 9, 2023

Michelle Lujan Grisham gets low grades at home for failing to address climate change. Why is she being honored from afar?

Posted inEnvironment

Parched in ‘Podunk,’ New Mexico

Avatar photo by Michael Benanav and photos by Michael Benanav July 5, 2023August 9, 2023

Water pipes are failing in rural towns across America. Is their future on the drink?

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Trials by fire

by Nadav Soroker/photos by Nadav Soroker May 10, 2023August 9, 2023

Firefighters around the state are battling the first blazes of spring

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Storage wars

by Hannah Grover/NM Political Report May 3, 2023August 9, 2023

Legislation aims to stop a radioactive waste storage facility near Carlsbad, but challenges remain

Posted inEnvironment

Deliverance for downwinders: As the clock winds down on federal compensation, one woman’s mission ramps up

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt March 8, 2023August 9, 2023

Deliverance for downwinders: As the clock winds down on federal compensation, one woman’s mission ramps up

Posted inEnvironment

Extending the frame: The art, vision and activism of photographer Will Wilson

by Jennifer Levin March 2, 2023August 9, 2023

Wilson’s Indigenous perspective brings new focus on Navajo people and Native life — a counterpoint to staged photos of old

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In drought-plagued New Mexico, a city loses nearly half its water — to leaky pipes

Avatar photo by Michael Benanav February 15, 2023August 9, 2023

Aging water lines burst near-daily in Truth or Consequences, but funding for repairs has run dry.

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Can a mine near the Pecos River be stopped?

Avatar photo by Alicia Inez Guzmán January 19, 2023August 9, 2023

Groups unite to fight corporation’s mining project, citing harm to land, culture and river

Posted inEnvironment

NM Legislature introduces bill to block Holtec nuclear waste site

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt January 18, 2023August 9, 2023

Measure would bar state from issuing permits for high-level radioactive waste storage

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