New Mexico Sun

News from March 2018


Navajo communities protest fracking with warning signs along U.S. Highway 550

For Immediate Release Community members in the Greater Chaco region have taken action against fracking by placing signs along U.S. 550 in Counselor, New Mexico.


Interior Department cancels fracking lease near Chaco Culture National Historical Park

On March 2, the Interior Department announced the cancellation of an oil and gas lease sale near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northern New Mexico.


Holtec's nuclear waste storage proposal in New Mexico accepted by NRC

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted an application from Holtec International to store up to 100,000 metric tons of spent fuel rods at a site located between Carlsbad and Hobbs, New Mexico.