NM: Environment
Congress urged to protect outdoor program for 4th-graders
A national program to connect children and families with the outdoors is at risk of ending without help from Congress. The Every Kid Outdoors …
NM group seeks moratorium on new factory farms
By Lena Beck for Modern Farmer.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection reporting for the Modern Farmer-Public News Service Colla…
Feds hold NM meetings to decide expansion of radioactive waste site
Public meetings in New Mexico this week will gather input on proposed expansion of a nuclear waste repository. But watchdog groups are urging a …
Scientist: plutonium contamination still present in NM's Acid Canyon
A scientist who said he found extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon believes concerned residents should invest in monitoring equi…
NM's Just Transition: No community left behind, everyone shares benefits
New Mexico is taking a page from Colorado's Office of Just Transition to support communities affected by climate change. The office aims to support …
Project 2025 alarms NM's teachers, human rights advocates, conservationists
From education to the environment and immigration, proposals in the "Project 2025" document alarm many New Mexicans promoting a more equal society…
Fires, floods, heat: NM August 'town halls' focus on climate change
A summer of fires, floods and extreme heat have prompted a series of climate change town halls in New Mexico this month, ahead of the 2025 …
Importance of NM's old-growth forests amid climate change cited
Climate change is forcing hard conversations about the importance of old-growth forests but in New Mexico, many say future generations must know the …
NM advocacy group: more climate change infrastructure needed
A New Mexico advocacy group is reminding lawmakers the state must revise its approach to extreme heat, air pollution and the oil and gas industry if …
First win-win for affordable housing, public lands
Environmentalists are applauding a Bureau of Land Management decision to allow the sale of a small national public land parcel for an affordable housi…
Boosting ‘Hope’ about climate-change among NM's next generation
New Mexico teachers educating young people about climate change don't want them to feel hopeless - and they've developed an educational curriculum to …
NM wildfires prompt precautions, new food assistance
New Mexicans affected by recent wildfires and subsequent flooding may be eligible for Disaster Supplemental Nutritional Program benefits. The …