{"id":45762,"date":"2024-09-26T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=45762"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:20:00","slug":"dine-community-seeks-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/dine-community-seeks-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Din\u00e9 Community Seeks Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3094913602\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.27.24 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Earlier this year, Senior Producer Laura Paskus spoke with three Thoreau High School students opposed to a federal plan to bring uranium mining waste into their community.&nbsp; As most things are, it\u2019s a complicated situation, and the people of the Red Water Pond Road Community are looking for help cleaning up an area ravaged by decades of uranium mining. Even though the mines were shuttered in 1983, contamination remains, and as our guests explain, they seek justice for their community and a return home. 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