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House energy committee signs off on push for federal support for New Mexico’s downwinders

Members of the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee were visibly distressed during a presentation about radiation exposure in New Mexico stemming from the 1945 Trinity nuclear bomb test and subsequent uranium mining that supported the federal nuclear program during World War II and the Cold War. Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces, introduced House […]