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A swath of federal agencies 鈥� from the Department of the Interior to the U.S. Air Force and Department of Energy 鈥� have sidestepped the usual rulemaking process, implementing sweeping changes to a cornerstone law that required them to consider potential environmental consequences before approving major projects.

In 1970, New Mexico鈥檚 Arturo Sandoval was recruited to help organize the nation鈥檚 first Earth Day, a massive movement that helped incite cultural and congressional action. Reporter Laura Paskus, host of 鈥淥ur Land鈥� on New Mexico PBS, spoke with Sandoval about his memories of the event.

A controversial power line project that would dissect the Caja Del Rio plateau in northern New Mexico had a second, in-person public meeting Thursday at the Santa Fe Community College to hear public opinion on a draft environmental assessment.

Racing against the clock, the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board approved a controversial environmental justice regulation to tighten the management of air pollution permits Monday.

On Monday, the Albuquerque City Council doubled down on its wishes to abolish a powerful air quality regulatory board, overriding a mayoral veto, while at the same time, stripping its powers away until February.

This year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 40-year license for a private company, Holtec International, to build a facility between Hobbs and Carlsbad that would store nuclear waste from decommissioned power plants across the country. It鈥檚 a very controversial project. So New Mexico PBS Producer Laura Paskus produced a one-hour Our Land special for New Mexico in Focus airing August 25 that explores what's at stake with this project. She spoke with 九色网 ahead of the show.

In a historic first, over 200 of the rarest subspecies of gray wolves in North America are now roaming the Southwest.

Sun 06/04 7p:Join us this Sunday as we focus on Youth Action, by sharing an interview with ground shaking youth activist Aji Piper, a member of the Earth鈥�

Tune in to Afternoon Freeform on Tuesday April 18th, from 2pm to 3pm for our final conversations with presenters from the interdisciplinary environmental鈥�

On April 18th, the University of New Mexico Art Museum will host an all-day film screening of select feature and short films that address decolonization鈥�