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River Otter Press Release Download the latest BLM press release. Stagnant Waters On October 18th 2008 the Transportation and Infrastructure congressional committee released a report on the Bush Administration's impact on the Clean Water Act, the primary federal legislation that protects water quality. The report entitled "Stagnant Waters: The Legacy of the Bush Administration on the Clean Water Act" can be downloaded here in pdf format. Stagnant Waters 2008 Clean Water Act Report.pdf Public Comments - Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards (comments due September 30, 2008) Make Your Voice Heard! New Mexico is revising its Water Quality Standards – please take the time to submit comments to the state. Key issues:
Click here and fill in your name and address and click send to send a comment letter that urges the New Mexico Environment Department to take action on these issues and many more. Please feel free to add to (or subtract from) to the comment letter as appropriate. Thank you for taking the time to protect water quality in New Mexico. LANL Santa Fe New Mexican Ad Please view the pdf file below in case you missed the ad in Friday's (02/08/08) Santa Fe New Mexican. Action Taken on Los Alamos National Labs On February 7th, 2008, Amigos Bravos, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Don Gabino Andrade Community Acequia Association, Embudo Valley Environmental Monitoring Group, New Mexico Acequia Association, Partnership for Earth Spirituality, Río Grande Restoration, SouthWest Organizing Project, Gilbert Sanchez, Kathy Sanchez, and Tewa Women United filed a lawsuit against Los Alamos National Laboratory for violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA Awards $299,216 for Bernalillo County Environmental Health Efforts The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $299,216 to the Bernalillo County Environmental Health Office. County officials will use the funds to collaborate with gas station owners and auto dismantlers to help reduce benzene and heavy metals in the aquifer and air. The county also aims to reduce South Valley, N.M., residents' environmental exposures to volatile organic compounds and heavy metals with this project. EPA awarded the grant as part of its Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a competitive grant and technical assistance program to support community-based education and public health protection projects across the country. Additional information on EPA grants: http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/gandf/index.htm New Mexico's Waters at Risk Recent Supreme Court decisions and Bush Administration policies have put our state's waters at risk. Because of these decisions and policies over 90% of New Mexico's waters are at risk of not receiving Clean Water Act Protections. The Clean Water Act is the piece of federal legislation that protects our waters from unregulated dumping and pollution. Because of the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, we have made great progress in cleaning up New Mexico's waters. However, since Supreme Court rulings in 2001 and 2006, polluters have argued that the law no longer protects numerous wetlands, streams, rivers lakes and other waters historically covered by the Act. The Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2007 would restore longstanding Clean Water Act protections that had been in place for over 30 years. Amigos Bravos is working at the state and national level to identify the threats to New Mexico waters as well as to advocate for a restoration of historic protections. Please see the attached fact sheets for additional information. The New Mexico Water Dialogue - Fall 2007 Published by the New Mexico Water Dialogue Climate Change and Water Is New Mexico Vulnerable — a report from NM public forums on climate change and water. To download the report, click on this link: http://www.nmfirst.org/townhalls/ClimateChangeFinalReport.pdf Executive Order Water Cabinet Governor Richardson Signs Executive Order Establishing a Water Cabinet Amigos Bravos Files Lawsuit 11/07 The goal of the lawsuit is to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to protect the tax payer from having to cover the cost of clean up at abandoned hazardous waste sites. New Study on Climate Change and Water Recent climate change study by Brian Hurd and Julie Coonrad of NMSU. "Climate Change and it's Implications for New Mexico's Water Resources and Economic Opportunies”: http://agecon.nmsu.edu/bhurd/hurdhome/index.htm. River Cleanup This article contains information regarding Taos, NM area river cleanups. |
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