/tags/kirtland-air-force-base Kirtland Air Force Base en-US Copyright Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:43:56 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-07-30/kirtland-seeks-option-to-put-treated-water-into-tijeras-arroyo A pump-and-treat system is the main way that Kirtland Air Force Base has been cleaning up a jet fuel spill they discovered back in the ‘90s. For years,… Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:43:56 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-07-30/kirtland-seeks-option-to-put-treated-water-into-tijeras-arroyo Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-07-23/kirtland-to-host-open-house-on-jet-fuel-cleanup Kirtland Air Force Base will host an open house Thursday evening about their efforts to clean up groundwater contamination from a decades-old jet fuel… Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:20:15 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-07-23/kirtland-to-host-open-house-on-jet-fuel-cleanup Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-31/lawmakers-advocates-plan-to-sue-kirtland-over-jet-fuel-cleanup A coalition of New Mexico lawmakers, advocates and residents say the U.S. Air Force has been too slow to respond to a decades-old jet fuel spill at… Fri, 31 May 2019 23:46:18 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-31/lawmakers-advocates-plan-to-sue-kirtland-over-jet-fuel-cleanup Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-16/state-local-officials-raise-concerns-about-kirtland-fuel-spill-cleanup To hear Kirtland Air Force Base officials tell it, the cleanup of a decades-old jet fuel spill in Southeast Albuquerque is going great. Their… Fri, 17 May 2019 00:36:01 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-16/state-local-officials-raise-concerns-about-kirtland-fuel-spill-cleanup Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-04-25/air-force-cleanup-fund-reduction-is-normal-budget-variation The U.S. Air Force will host a public meeting Thursday night about the cleanup of a decades-old jet fuel spill north of Kirtland Air Force Base. Military… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:55:45 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-04-25/air-force-cleanup-fund-reduction-is-normal-budget-variation Hannah Colton /local-news/2018-07-12/public-meeting-to-feature-update-on-kirtland-air-force-base-spill Kirtland Air Force Base and the New Mexico Environment Department will meet with the public for an upadate on efforts to clean up the decades old fuel… Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:16:26 GMT /local-news/2018-07-12/public-meeting-to-feature-update-on-kirtland-air-force-base-spill /local-news/2015-10-29/kirtland-shows-off-spill-cleanup-system Kirtland Air Force Base has faced a lot of criticism for how it has handled a decades old fuel spill that threatens Albuquerque’s drinking water supply.… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:52:42 GMT /local-news/2015-10-29/kirtland-shows-off-spill-cleanup-system /public-health-new-mexico/2015-03-04/kirtland-afb-threatens-to-limit-media-access-over-our-cheap-shot-coverage-here-is-our-response We recently published the first two stories in an ongoing series on pollution and the Rio Grande in which we plan to explore a range of topics and… Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:15:03 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-03-04/kirtland-afb-threatens-to-limit-media-access-over-our-cheap-shot-coverage-here-is-our-response Elaine Baumgartel, Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2015-02-18/small-tribe-big-river-isleta-eyes-pollution-in-the-rio-grande Editor's Note: After we published this story, a spokesperson for Kirtland Air Force Base wrote with a series of objections to the story. Kirtland did not… Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:20:56 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-02-18/small-tribe-big-river-isleta-eyes-pollution-in-the-rio-grande Ed Williams /local-news/2015-01-16/kirtland-misses-another-deadline-for-jet-fuel-cleanup Kirtland Air Force Base missed another deadline for cleaning up some of a decades-old jet fuel spill. The New Mexico Environment Department has granted… Sat, 17 Jan 2015 01:19:49 GMT /local-news/2015-01-16/kirtland-misses-another-deadline-for-jet-fuel-cleanup