/tags/mining mining en-US Copyright Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:24 GMT /news/2020-06-17/mining-unions-look-to-compel-emergency-covid-19-guidelines The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and United Steelworkers are now demanding emergency guidelines related to COVID-19 for the country's mines... Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:24 GMT /news/2020-06-17/mining-unions-look-to-compel-emergency-covid-19-guidelines Cooper McKim /news/2020-05-04/mining-during-a-pandemic-business-as-usual-or-nonessential-risk Every state is wrestling with the tension between reopening economies and protecting communities from COVID-19. Some industries have remained open all... Mon, 04 May 2020 21:06:16 GMT /news/2020-05-04/mining-during-a-pandemic-business-as-usual-or-nonessential-risk Noah Glick /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies As the U.S. prepared to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the ’40s, the federal government sought uranium on Navajo land. Decades later,… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:18:49 GMT /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-08-27/lets-talk-protecting-endangered-species Let's Talk New Mexico 8/29 8a: The Trump Administration recently changed Endangered Species Act regulations affecting how species are removed from… Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:48:57 GMT /local-news/2019-08-27/lets-talk-protecting-endangered-species ty bannerman /local-news/2017-10-26/a-navajo-farms-growing-sustainability When the oil and gas industry takes a dive, or when extractive industries tank, so do economies in rural areas, where a lot of the jobs come from… Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:36:14 GMT /local-news/2017-10-26/a-navajo-farms-growing-sustainability Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-10-25/could-navajo-small-businesses-stabilize-a-boom-and-bust-economy Oil and gas drilling and mining companies come to rural areas offering jobs and cash, but they also dig into the land, pull resources out of it and create… Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:18:22 GMT /local-news/2017-10-25/could-navajo-small-businesses-stabilize-a-boom-and-bust-economy Marisa Demarco /local-news/2015-08-12/epa-river-is-bouncing-back The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered agency offices nationwide to stop field investigation work for mine cleanups while they… Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:52:38 GMT /local-news/2015-08-12/epa-river-is-bouncing-back /local-news/2015-08-11/private-well-owners-making-do The first results from tests of the water in northwestern New Mexico contaminated by the Gold King Mine spill are expected on Wednesday. Some residents… Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:03:29 GMT /local-news/2015-08-11/private-well-owners-making-do /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-11/listen-the-gold-king-mine-spill-how-we-got-here-and-whats-next ¾ÅÉ«Íø Call In Show 8/13 8a:Governor Susana Martinez has declared a state of emergency after the Environmental Protection Agency caused a massive spill of… Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:40:13 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-11/listen-the-gold-king-mine-spill-how-we-got-here-and-whats-next Ed Williams /local-news/2015-08-10/governor-martinez-declares-state-of-emergency-for-river-spill New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has declared an emergency that frees up state funds to address a massive spill of wastewater from a Colorado mine into the… Tue, 11 Aug 2015 01:27:51 GMT /local-news/2015-08-10/governor-martinez-declares-state-of-emergency-for-river-spill