EUGENE, Oregon, April 17 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * 73 western groups to Senate leadership: No deal with devil on permit reform 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. Whitehouse (RI), and House Minority Leader Jeffries demanding they reconsider their pur more PR

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

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

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

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

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

EUGENE, Oregon, April 16 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on April 15, 2026: * * * Environmental orgs file protest against Green Chile Pipeline in southern New Mexico Today, the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, Center for Biological Diversity, and Food & Water Watch filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) challenging the Transwestern Pipeline Company's attempt to fast-track the proposed Green Chile Pipeline. The 17-mile pipeli more PR