SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 17 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * 73 Western Groups to Senate Leadership: No Deal with Devil on Permit Reform Fossil fuel dependence fuels conflict, economic shocks, and global instability * WASHINGTON--Today, 73 western community, conservation, faith, and Indigenous groups representing 2.6 million members and supporters delivered a joint letter to Senate Minority Leader Schumer (NY), Sen. Heinrich (NM), Sen. Whi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING: Vasquez Releases New Report Illustrating How Administration's War in Iran, Tariffs, and Tax Law are Spiking Energy Prices for New Mexico Families * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 16, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released a new report detailing how much energy prices have spiked since the Administration took control in January 2025. "This year, since the Administrati more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Ceremony marks construction milestone * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Workers marked a major milestone on one of Sandia National Laboratories' largest construction projects of the past decade with an April 14 ceremony celebrating the installation of the final beam on the Power Sources Capability building. "We want to celebrate all the work that's been done to date an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Coalition of Local Leaders, Advocates, and Lawmakers Back Lujan Push to Protect the Chama Watershed and Surrounding Communities in Northern New Mexico * Lujan and N.M. Delegation to Introduce Legislation to Withdraw Chama Watershed from Mineral Development Washington, D.C. - As U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) leads the fight to protect communities in Northern New Mexico and the Chama Wate more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 16 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Discovery Scholars Program expands research opportunities for NMSU undergraduates * A full class schedule, work, family and other life obligations can make it difficult for many undergraduate students to gain research experience early in their careers. The Discovery Scholars Program (DSP) at New Mexico State University offers a more flexible option for students to explore their interest i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on U.S. Senate Vote to Block Select Offensive Weapons Transfers to Israel * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after voting to block select offensive weapons transfers to Israel. "We need to end Trump's war with Iran and de-escalate the conflicts in the West Bank, Ga more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Heinrich Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor Urging Senate Colleagues to Protect Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from Minin Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Heinrich Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor Urging Senate Colleagues to Protect Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from Mining * WASHINGTON -Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to oppose a measure that would allow copper-nickel sulfid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Voting to Block Arms Sales to Israel * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting for two resolutions, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, blocking arms sales to Israel: "Equipping the Netanyahu government with hundreds of millions of dollars in additional weapons will only enable the destruction of communities, unde more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan to Introduce Resolution Highlighting National Public Health Week * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced that he plans to introduce a resolution highlighting National Public Health Week, celebrated this year from April 6th - April 12th. This resolution is meant to raise awareness about the importance of public health amid continued attacks by the Trump administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed * New Mexico - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warren, Escobar, Underwood Lead 32 Lawmakers in Pressing Homeland Security Watchdog to Investigate Detainee Locator System Failures * "Without a functional locator system, DHS is effectively creating 'disappearances' on U.S. soil, and we urge the DHS Office of Inspector General to investigate this matter" Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 16 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to host PFAS talk in May * The New Mexico State University College of Engineering invites students, faculty, staff and community members to attend a public lecture and expert panel focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in New Mexico's water systems. Titled "PFAS in New Mexico: What's in Our Water - And What Com more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Transparency Around Status of Billion-Dollar DHS Contract at Camp East Montana * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 16, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons demanding transparency around a billion-dollar DHS  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich: "This is a Dark Day for This Body. This is a Stain on What the Senate Used to Be" Senate Republicans pass measure that will allow Chilean mining company to pollute Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, ignoring the will of the American people * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * This Week in New Mexico: Lujan Holds Events Celebrating Investments in Medical Research and Discussing Affordability * New Mexico - This week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) held a series of events in Los Lunas, Albuquerque, and Espanola where he met with local leaders, highlighted federal funding he secured for medical research, and discussed the affordability crisis that is impacting New more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Nuclear Agency Releases Environmental Impact Statement, a "Legal Fig Leaf" for Plutonium Pit Program Decisions * In 2018, the NNSA announced plans to seek to produce a total of 80 plutonium pits per year at two locations: the Savannah River Site in South Carolina (50 pits) and Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico (30 pits). This would be the fir more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO -- Heinrich: "This is a Dark Day for This Body. This is a Stain on What the Senate Used to Be" * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reacted to Senate Republicans' passage of H. J. Res 140, a measure that will allow copper-nickel sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wild more PR