34 Views  Eating just one serving of freshwater fish each year could have the same effect as drinking water heavily polluted with âforever chemicalsâ for an entire month, a new study finds.
69 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) â Workers at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository have started using a newly mined disposal area at the underground facility in southern New Mexico. Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant made the announcement this week, saying the first containers of waste to be
146 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â Go ahead a stock up on bug spray, experts say the recent surge of mosquitoes in Albuquerque could become the new normal.  âJust about everyone in Albuquerque has noticed them, and if they havenât, they havenât been spending much time outside,â said Nick Pederson, the cityâs
192 Views  Federal regulations call for the WIPP plant to be closed by the end of 2024, but now are recognizing that it may be open forever. Itâs the nationâs only deep geological repository for nuclear waste, and itâs locsted near Carlsbad.
306 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) â A coalition of environmentalists and nuclear watchdogs has delivered more than 1,100 petition signatures to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Dozens of people gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday to ask that the Lujan Grisham administration take all steps necessary to stop any
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