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Our friends at Veterans for Peace are hosting a screening of this documentary on the nuclear threat we all face. Watch the movie and join the discussion Saturday, September 5, 7:00 p. m. at the ABQ Center for Peace and Justice, 202 Harvard Dr. SE, ABQ.

We updated our previous post to reflect this information, but this good news is worthy of its own post. The state Supreme Court issued stay last night. The NMED Hearing Officer disqualified himself after claims of bias filed against him. For the short term, this means that the public meeting in Santa Teresa scheduled for September 14 is expected to be postponed.

It appears that Homestake Barrick Gold is attempting to get around water quality standards for its uranium mill clean-up by asking to buy surrounding land and groundwater. There is a public meeting on Wednesday, September 9, in Grants. Flyer is below.

There has been a flurry of applications to re-open or start new uranium mining activities near Grants and Mount Taylor. On July 16, 1979, a broken dam released 1,100 tons of radioactive uranium tailings and 94 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Rio Puerco. Nufuels Inc., a subsidiary of Laramide Resources Ltd., has applied for a new Discharge Permit to develop an in-situ uranium recovery (ISR) solution mining operation. The proposed discharge is up to 4,000 gallons per minute (gpm), or 5,760,000 gallons per day (gpd)…

You can submit public comment to NMED at https://nmed.commentinput.com/?idhttps://nmed.commentinput.com/?id=S7Cb8rjf5=S7Cb8rjf5. Deadline is October 7, 2026. We will share a summary of points in opposition later.

UPDATE! New Mexico Supreme Court issues stay on both the Air Permit Hearing and water pumping for Project Jupiter. The hearing scheduled for September 14 is expected to be postponed.

So much protecting to do, so little time. By design: rush through permits, start destruction, make rich people richer, get reward.

Project Jupiter: Yucca Growth Infrastructures (YGI) submitted a new Air Pollution Permit application for a power plant to run Project Jupiter. There is an in-person hearing in Santa Teresa on September 14, 2026. Public comment portal to the New Mexico Environment Department is at https://nmed.commentinput.com/?id=C3cNMTVKs. Deadline is October 23, 2026. Below are a fact sheet and a meeting flyer from New Mexico Environmental Law Center.

There is an art exhibit running through January 24, 2027 at the NHCC (1701 4th St. SW, ABQ) titled, Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action. View the work of 32 artists. Regular Art Museum hours are 10am-4pm, Tue-Sun, with various opportunities for free admission.

ABQ Mutual Aid Donation Drive, Saturday, August 15, 11am-1pm, Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW. Fresh vegetables, non-perishable foods, and personal hygiene items welcome.

No Country for Mothers documentary FREE screening on Monday, August 24, 6pm at The Guild, 3405 Central Ave NE, ABQ.

Purge Palentir Petition Drive–On Action Network, there is a petition demanding that U. S. Senator Martin Heinrich return the $31k he received from Palentir and that other members of New Mexico congressional delegation pledge to reject donations from Palentir.

The Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners will again consider glyphosate use for county-administered properties and facilities. A moratorium/ban was in place for years, then limited use was allowed last year for one year. On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, the commissioners will discuss and likely decide on a management plan that appears to include limited use of glyphosate. We have yet to be provided requested information regarding how much glyphosate was used and where during the year of allowed limited use. If you live or work in Bernalillo County, please contact the Board of Commissioners at commission@bernco.gov before 3:00 p. m., August 11th and request that they do not resume use of glyphosate. You can also call; phone numbers are at the bottom of this post. THANK YOU.

Talking Points you can use in your comments include the following:

• Glyphosate has been listed as a probable human carcinogen, and robust statistical data show correlations between glyphosate exposure, direct and indirect, and various chronic diseases.
• The EPA failed to assess the potential harms of glyphosate and tried to hinder the report from U. S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR) that indicated an increased cancer risk from glyphosate exposure. The EPA acknowledged that the studies used for it’s safety analysis were from Monsanto; however, the EPA did not require Monsanto/Bayer to update product labels indicating potential harm. The U. S. Supreme Court ruled that Monsanto/Bayer has no legal obligation to put a warning label on risk of cancers on its glyphosate products because the EPA did not require this. Lawsuits could start targeting institutions rather than the corporate giant. While state and local governments can not require the labels be present, they can choose not to use glyphosate.
• Glyphosate in bodies of water has been shown to harm aquatic life. Glyphosate likely causes harm to honey bees by decreasing foraging effectiveness and increasing risk of infection with overall increased death rate.
• In agricultural areas, early birth and reduced birth weight were linked to glyphosate use in the area. Known short-term and long-term effects of low birth weight increase healthcare costs. We may never get definitive answers regarding the limits of non-harmful exposure, but to protect the most vulnerable of us it makes sense to eliminate the exposure when and where we can.

The commissioners:
Barbara Baca — (505) 468-7027, District1@bernco.gov
Frank Baca — (505) 468-7448, District2@bernco.gov
Adriann Barboa — (505) 468-7108, District3@bernco.gov
Walt Benson — (505) 468-7010, District4@bernco.gov
Eric C. Olivas — (505) 468-7212, District5@bernco.gov

GPAX and EcoAction Committees bring this timely webinar, Thursday, August 6, 5:30 MDT. August 6 is the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Speakers include Timmon Milne Wallis (NuclearBan.US) and Dave Kraft (Nuclear Energy Information Service). Register at https://www.gp.org/never_again

PSL hosts an informational session on Saturday, June 20, 3 pm at 225 San Pedro Dr NE on the proposed re-development of the fairgrounds at Expo New Mexico. There will be a virtual session on July 2.