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A resident of Red Water Pond Road reminds event attendees that uranium mining impacts everything around it. Photo by Liliana Castillo/CVNM The largest release of radioactive material in United States history occurred on July 16, 1979, on the Navajo Nation...

In McKinley and Cibola counties, communities are still grappling with the impacts of uranium mining that took place decades ago. The fact is, hundreds of abandoned uranium mining wastes and tailings piles still await cleanup, due to scarce federal superfund...

CVNM Education Fund’s Northern New Mexico campaign is supporting member engagement in one of our nation’s most grassroots democratic institutions – the rural electric cooperative. These are member-owned cooperatives initiated during Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to address the needs of...

Community members met with legislators on key pieces of legislation On Monday, over 40 New Mexicans from communities in McKinley, Rio Arriba and Bernalillo counties joined Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund for Environmental Justice Citizen Advocacy Day at the…

Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund is hosting Environmental Justice Citizen Advocacy Day at the New Mexico Legislature. Policies passed during our state’s legislative session can have a big impact on our environment, health and community well-being. Across New Mexico,…

Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One in 11 New Mexico children suffers from asthma, and a state advocacy group says that’s a big reason the state should spend its windfall from the Volkswagen emissions scandal…

The Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) family of organizations and programs, released the following statement regarding the events in Charlottesville. The CVNM family of organizations includes Conservation Voters New Mexico and Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund(CVNMEF) and its dedicated…

By Rosanne Boyett | Cibola Beacon GRANTS – “We’re not seeing the predicted nuclear renaissance,” Laura Watchempino, Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE), told an audience of about 60 people. “The demand for nuclear materials has fluctuated wildly since…

By Rosanne Boyett | Cibola Beacon GRANTS – Area residents are invited to watch the award-winning film “Uranium Drive-In” and to participate in the community forum that follows. The documentary has won eight prestigious awards. The film describes the pros…

By Rosanne Boyett | Cibola Beacon GRANTS – Numerous people demonstrated their interest in practicing the three Rs – reduce, reuse, and recycle. Grants MainStreet Project, Recycle Cibola, and Keep Cibola County Beautiful hosted an indoor yard sale, Fall Clean Fling, at…