Final LANL SWEIS Released; Draft Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Plutonium Pit Production to Follow
On Wednesday, the Department of Energy (DOE) released the final Site-WideEnvironmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations at Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, or the LANL SWEIS, and its Record of ...
26 Mar 4min
LANL Responds to New Mexico Environment Department Administrative Compliance Orders – Requests Public Hearings
On Friday, March 13th, the Department of Energy (DOE) and Newport NewsNuclear BWXT--Los Alamos, LLC, known as “N3B,” answered the February 11, 2026Administrative Compliance Orders issued by the New Me...
19 Mar 4min
NGOs Apply for Appropriations Funding to Protect Communities from LANL’s Migrating Hexavalent Chromium Plume
On November 18th, 2025, the New Mexico Environment Department withdrew itstemporary authorization to the U.S. Department of Energy and ordered it to cease theinjection of “treated” groundwater back in...
11 Mar 4min
The US/Israeli Bombing of Iran: A Case Study in Contempt for International Law
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation,and Board member, John Burroughs, provide analyses of the current situation in theMiddle East. Read the entire OpEd at nuc...
5 Mar 4min
Public Comment Period for Project Jupiter’s Proposed Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permits Must be Extended
After a careful review of the inconsistent public notices for the proposed DoñaAna County East and West Microgrids Air Quality Construction Permits for ProjectJupiter, CCNS found them to be defective....
26 Feb 4min
NMED Holds LANL Accountable for Hexavalent Chromium Plume
Today’s Update is continuation of our reporting on the diligent and thorough workdone by the New Mexico Environment Department to hold Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL) accountable for not responsi...
19 Feb 4min
NMED Takes Necessary Action on LANL’s Hexavalent Chromium Plume
On Tuesday, February 11 th , the New Mexico Environment Department took boldactions to hold the Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL) accountable for the release and dist...
12 Feb 4min
Stop House Bill 207 – Keep Oil and Gas Waste Out of New Mexico Waters
Last week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a legislative message forHouse Bill 207, which calls for the discharge of “produced water” to New Mexico’srivers, streams and groundwater. Produced wa...
5 Feb 4min
