Saturday, July 13 , 45 th Annual Uranium Spill Commemoration hosted by Red Water Pond Road & Pipeline Road Communities, and July 14 , Archbishop Wester Hosts Commemoration of Trinity Test
On July 16 th in New Mexico, people commemorate two devastating events: the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Site in 1945 in south central New Mexico, and the world’s largest uranium spill in 197...
3 Jul 20244min
Uranium and the Grand Canyon – A Call to Close and Cleanup the Pinyon Plains Uranium Mine
One of the most beautiful and majestic sights is found by looking across and down into the Grand Canyon at the spread of the red walls, the patches of green and the glorious Colorado River. All of thi...
27 Jun 20244min
There Are 91.4 Billion Things Other Than Nuclear Weapons that Money Could Buy
Nuclear weapons programs divert public funds from health care, education, disaster relief and other vital humanitarian services. The nuclear- armed countries spent over $91.4 billion [dollars] on thei...
20 Jun 20244min
Daniel Ellsberg Week June 10 th through the 16 th – A week of education and action to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing
Daniel Ellsberg was a nuclear war planner – his plans are still in use today in the United States. He has provided a stark warning about the dangers of nuclear weapons and above all the intercontinent...
13 Jun 20243min
Los Alamos Power Pool Planning for Two New Electrical Lines
It was announced at the June 5 th Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities meeting that there are two proposals to bring approximately 50 or more megawatts of solar electricity to the County and Lo...
6 Jun 20244min
Searchlight Journalist Receives 2024 MOLLY Award for Story on Trucheña Whose Plutonium Count Was New Mexico’s Highest
The Austin newspaper, the Texas Observer, chose Searchlight reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán, to receive its 2024 MOLLY Prize on May 30 th . Guzmán holds a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the Uni...
30 Mai 20244min
DNFSB Still Concerned about Flaws in Emergency Air Monitoring at WIPP
Just as there were problems encountered with air monitoring during the February 14, 2014 explosion and release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a nuclear bomb waste dump, the Defense Nuclear...
23 Mai 20244min
DOE Seeks EPA Permission to Operate Panels 11 and 12 in the WIPP Underground
On March 12 th , the Department of Energy (DOE) submitted its Planned Change Request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use new Panels 11 and 12 in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) ...
16 Mai 20244min
