Danielle Prokop

17 hours ago | news-journal.com | Danielle Prokop

Rick Shean, who leads the Environmental Protection Division for the New Mexico Environment Department, pictured above testifying before the Radiation and Hazardous Waste interim committee on Aug. 21, 2023. (Danielle Prokop / Source New Mexico)According to New Mexico officials, for the last three years, the National Nuclear Security Administration has failed to pay its share toward monitoring the environment around federal installations in the state.

18 hours ago | sourcenm.com | Danielle Prokop

According to New Mexico officials, for the last three years, the National Nuclear Security Administration has failed to pay its share toward monitoring the environment around federal installations in the state. Unless the federal government makes up that funding, Source has learned, independent monitoring of air, water and ecology around Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs could stop at the end of the month.

1 day ago | sourcenm.com | Danielle Prokop

Several environmental groups declared victory in an ongoing rulemaking process to expand the uses of oil and gas wastewater beyond the oilfields, after the Water Quality Control Commission during a Tuesday hearing reversed its position to allow releases into the environment. “We’re so delighted that the commission took their responsibility so seriously and applied science and applied the law,” New Energy Economy Executive Director Mariel Nanasi told Source NM after the meeting.

1 day ago | diario.mx | Danielle Prokop

Las partes en una disputa legal de 12 años sobre el agua del Río Grande informaron el lunes al juez federal que supervisa el caso en la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos que se ha llegado a un posible acuerdo. La disputa, oficialmente titulada Original No. 141 Texas v. Nuevo México y Colorado, llegó a su punto álgido en 2024, cuando los jueces de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos anularon un acuerdo propuesto por Nuevo México, Colorado y Texas para poner fin al litigio.

1 day ago | kiowacountypress.net | Danielle Prokop

Parties in a 12-year-old legal fight over Rio Grande water Monday told the federal judge supervising the case for the U.S. Supreme Court that a potential settlement has been reached. The dispute, officially titled Original No. 141 Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado, came to a head in 2024, when U.S. Supreme Court justices struck down a deal proposed by New Mexico, Colorado and Texas to end the litigation.