Dear friends, Six days before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration opened public comment on a proposed 115 kilovolt powerline for Los Alamos National…

For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to “build empathy.” Last week Camp spoke with me about her new book and a project that brings “epic…

On Monday, I had the pleasure of sitting down in the studio with New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp. We talked about her new poetry collection, Worn Smooth Between Devourings,…

To understand how two recent bills passed by the Albuquerque City Council will thwart efforts by South Valley neighborhoods to protect themselves and others from pollution, I sat down with…

Last week, the Albuquerque City Council passed two bills from Councilor Dan Lewis. One abolished the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board; the other established a moratorium on air quality…