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    Eagle Picher – EPA settlement agreement for recovery of response costs

    Published March 7, 2019 at 944 × 314 in Eagle Picher – EPA settlement agreement for recovery of response costs

    From the EPA settlement agreement for recovery of response costs at the Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Superfund site

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    • Environmental groups release new oil and gas threats map
      By Hannah Grover | 23 hours ago

      In an effort to pressure President Joe Biden’s administration to enact stronger oil and gas regulations, national environmental advocacy groups have released a new map that shows where people’s health is threatened by extraction.

    • Businesses that help employees get abortions could be next target of Texas lawmakers if Roe v. Wade is overturned
      By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune | May 24, 2022

      "Businesses that help employees get abortions could be next target of Texas lawmakers if Roe v. Wade is overturned" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

    • With climate change fueling wildfires, changes are needed to prevent worse scenarios
      By Hannah Grover | May 23, 2022

      Climate change is contributing to the large wildfires that western states like New Mexico are experiencing, and scientists say humans need to make changes to prevent worse fire risks.

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    • Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
      By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022

      Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.

    • Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
      By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022

      The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

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    • Los Alamos team models drought, climate change on the Colorado River

      Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory modeled future drought indicators to gauge how climate change could impact the Colorado River Basin.

    • In light of drought, NM congresswomen introduce bills focused on water and science

      As New Mexico water users face ongoing shortages, the three congresswomen representing the state introduced two pieces of legislation intended to help communities—the Rio Grande Water Security Act and the Water Data Act.

    • U.S. Supreme Court Samuel Alito’s history of abortion differs from historians and Indigenous reproductive leaders 

      U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito provided a history of abortion rights in the U.S. in his draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

    About Laura Paskus

    Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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