A dark storm cloud of ignorant financial speculation hovers above the Navajo Nation, the largest indigenous reservation in the country, rich in mineral resources, livestock, farms and sacred landmarks. It stretches across parts of northern Arizona and New Mexico, and southern Utah. Some young billionaires and wannabes, with minds full of fungible narratives about new […]
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Source: Santa Fe New MexicanBy Alheli Caton-Garcia Apr 18, 2026 New Mexico has been at the forefront of nuclear colonialism since its inception during World War II. As a result, generations of families have faced long-term effects from nuclear contamination that remain long after companies leave. From the Trinity Downwinders who recently received a semblance […]
A Vancouver-based uranium company is seeking federal approval to conduct exploratory uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, according to U.S. Forest Service officials. Gamma Resources Ltd. issued a notice of intent late last month to the Carson National Forest, proposing to drill up to 12 exploratory boreholes up to 500 […]
New proposal is extraction not remediation, warns the Navajo group, Dooda Disa More than 500 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) contaminate the Navajo Nation, and genuine cleanup is urgently needed. But cleanup must be grounded in strict environmental oversight, transparency, and full community consultation. A proposal now being advanced by Navajo Nation EPA (NNEPA) Executive Director […]
At least 350 abandoned uranium mine and mill sites still dot the New Mexico landscape, vestiges of a Cold War-era boom that spurred companies or individuals to dig for ore, predominately along a mineral-rich deposit near Grants. Often, state officials say, those responsible left without a trace, apart from the environment-polluting and cancer-causing legacy left […]
By Navajo Times | Feb 19, 2026 | BY TOMMY ROCK, PH.D. EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Tommy Rock is from Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah. He is an assistant research professor at Northern Arizona University in the School of Earth Science and Sustainability and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society. Rock has spent his career documenting the […]
By Navajo Times | Sep 19, 2024 | News | By Donovan Quintero Special to the Times https://navajotimes.com/reznews/elder-red-water-pond-water-family-members-say-no-to-uranium-mining/ Bertha Nez, 78, from Red Water Pond Road, north of Church Rock, N.M., speaks on Friday about her home and how uranium mining impacted her entire life. Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero WINDOW ROCK — Bertha […]
Gabrielle Wallace /Cronkite News Sept. 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol – along with tribal leaders – to demand action on a stalled compensation program. “They gave the ultimate sacrifice when it was needed. We should reward the people who […]
Navajo Nation member Carol Etcitty-Roger speaks about cancer in her eye from radiation exposure during a news conference about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act on Tuesday. Jose Luis Magana/For The Associated Press By Alaina Mencinger amencinger@sfnewmexican.com Sep 24, 2024 https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/advocates-on-long-road-to-reinstate-federal-radiation-exposure-act/article_da3a9cf0-79fc-11ef-918d-3f8d04b197a8.html?utm_source=santafenewmexican.com&utm_campaign=/newsletters/your-morning-headlines/?123&-dc=1727262027&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read more There were more than five hours to go before the group reached Washington, D.C. […]
By Eric Jantz / Albuquerque resident and Teracita Keyanna / Gallup resident | Mar 24, 2024 Updated Mar 26, 2024 https://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/opinion-federal-government-must-halt-new-uranium-mining-and-clean-up-the-500-plus-abandoned/article_2b45881e-e7de-11ee-a318-977be50fae4d.html They look like small mesas — indistinguishable, really, from the buttes and juniper-dotted hills that are common features on New Mexico’s landscape. Rather than being part of a landscape that reflects the ebb and […]
