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Ukraine War Makes it Harder to be a Nuclear ‘Dove’

A view of a city at sunset with mountains in the background.

11.11.2022 – The nonprofit Los Alamos Study Group has been tracking projects and plans at northern New Mexico’s nuclear laboratory for more than 30 years. As Los Alamos National Laboratory looks to expand operations and the production of plutonium pits, and the war in Ukraine continues, executive director Greg Mello discusses the challenges of being…

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‘Status Quo’ Reigns When it Comes to Chaco Protections

Chaco Landscape in the eastern Navajo nation.

10.21.2022 – On the eastern Navajo Nation, oil and gas development has affected the land, water, and air where Mario Atencio’s family lives near Counselor, New Mexico. Atencio is the Greater Chaco Energy Organizer with Diné CARE, or Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, and he talks about why increased protections for communities and landscapes…

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