New Task Force Targets Environmental Crimes

12.09.22 – The New Mexico Environment Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have launched a new task force to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes. These crimes can range from things like dumping hazardous waste to falsifying records. Our Land’s Laura Paskus talks with NMED Secretary James Kenney and the EPA’s special agent in charge of the criminal investigation unit, Kim Bahney. 

Correspondent: Laura Paskus

Guest(s): James Kenney, cabinet secretary, New Mexico Environment Department 
Kim Bahney, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation Division, US EPA

For More Information:

To submit a tip online to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations 

To report known or suspected environmental crimes to the New Mexico Environment Department: https://www.env.nm.gov/general/report-an-environmental-issue-or-incident/