/tags/nmed NMED en-US Copyright Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:48:02 GMT /local-news/2020-04-07/ynmg-covid-environmental-protection-rollbacks In episode 37, we're talking about companies and federal officials squeezing through changes to environmental regulation, oil and gas leases, and laws… Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:48:02 GMT /local-news/2020-04-07/ynmg-covid-environmental-protection-rollbacks Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2019-12-18/state-plans-to-keep-trying-vegetable-oil-at-espanola-superfund-site Dangerous dry-cleaning chemicals leached into the soil and the aquifer under Española decades ago. The Environmental Protection Agency pulled out recently… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:59:04 GMT /local-news/2019-12-18/state-plans-to-keep-trying-vegetable-oil-at-espanola-superfund-site Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2017-06-05/state-moves-ahead-with-toxic-plume-cleanup Over two decades ago, toxic dry cleaning chemicals seeped into the groundwater from a chemical distribution company’s warehouse near downtown Albuquerque.… Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:32:47 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-06-05/state-moves-ahead-with-toxic-plume-cleanup Ed Williams /local-news/2017-01-06/nmed-secretary-we-are-confident-wipp-is-ready-to-go The nation’s only underground nuclear waste dump is back in operation again. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad stored low level nuclear waste… Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:06:57 GMT /local-news/2017-01-06/nmed-secretary-we-are-confident-wipp-is-ready-to-go Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2016-09-27/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-copper-rule The New Mexico Environment Department released a new rule protecting groundwater from copper mining three years ago. The copper rule was one that state… Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:13:00 GMT /local-news/2016-09-27/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-copper-rule Laura Paskus /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-06/lanls-long-environmental-cleanup Los Alamos National Laboratory has been one of the country’s foremost nuclear research centers ever since the atomic bomb was developed there in the… Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:15:37 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-06/lanls-long-environmental-cleanup Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-06/a-daunting-task-ahead-as-state-tests-homes-for-toxic-gas When toxic chemicals are released into the environment, figuring out whether they’re making people sick can be a major challenge. It’s a problem the state… Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:32:26 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-06/a-daunting-task-ahead-as-state-tests-homes-for-toxic-gas Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2016-05-23/state-to-strengthen-water-pollution-rules The New Mexico Environment Department is rewriting the state’s rules on water pollution. The state’s water quality rules regulate everything from… Mon, 23 May 2016 23:31:21 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-05-23/state-to-strengthen-water-pollution-rules Ed Williams /local-news/2015-10-29/kirtland-shows-off-spill-cleanup-system Kirtland Air Force Base has faced a lot of criticism for how it has handled a decades old fuel spill that threatens Albuquerque’s drinking water supply.… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:52:42 GMT /local-news/2015-10-29/kirtland-shows-off-spill-cleanup-system /local-news/2015-09-25/state-epa-misled-on-spill-data The state’s top environmental regulator testified at a joint congressional hearing recently, criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for… Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:12:34 GMT /local-news/2015-09-25/state-epa-misled-on-spill-data