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Environment New Mexico helps expand protections for 700 miles of rivers and streams.

The Water Quality Control Commission voted to protect 29 lakes, 700 miles of rivers and streams and 6,000 acres of wetlands after Environment New Mexico supporters submitted personal letters to the commission, which advocate Sanders Moore delivered in person during the public comment period.

News Release | Environment New Mexico

President Obama to Stand Up to Big Oil on Keystone XL Pipeline

Albuquerque, NM– According to media reports, President Obama and the State Department today will reject an effort to force administration approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.   Environment New Mexico’s Sanders Moore issued this statement in response:  “Today, President Obama will stand up to Big Oil’s latest attack on our health and environment by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline...

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Report | Environment America

National Solar Jobs Census 2011: A Review of the U.S. Solar Workforce

The National Solar Jobs Census 2011 updates last year’s census of employment and annual projected growth in the United States solar industry with new data from a statistically valid sampling of employers throughout the nation.  The rapid pace of change in the industry has warranted annual updates that examine the size and scope of the industry.

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Report | Environment New Mexico

Wasting our Waterways

Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year—threatening both the environment and human health. According to the EPA, pollution from industrial facilities is responsible for threatening or fouling water quality in more than 10,000 miles of rivers and more than 200,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries nationwide.

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News Release | Environment New Mexico

Environment New Mexico Warns that New Mexcio's Waterways Are at Risk of Increased Pollution:

Streams and wetlands in New Mexico are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to a report released today by Environment New Mexico, Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It.  One case study highlighted in this report is that Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County discharges 750,000 gallons a day from its wastewater treatment plant.

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News Release | Environment New Mexico

Landmark Clean Water Announcement

Environment New Mexico hailed the Obama administration for releasing a proposed guidance that, if adopted, would restore Clean Water Act protections to vital streams across New Mexico and protect New Mexicans’ drinking water.  One of America’s core environmental laws, the original Clean Water Act was intended to protect all of our waters from harmful pollution.  “New Mexicans want clean water. In fact, whenever I talk to people across New Mexico  about this issue, they are simply appalled to learn that the Clean Water Act might no longer protect their favorite local stream,” said Sanders Moore, Advocate at Environment New Mexico.  

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