This week on New Mexico in Focus, an environmental attorney criticizes a recent decision by the state’s Water Quality Control Commission to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. Tannis Fox, a senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, tells Host Nash Jones why she, and a coalition of environmental groups she represents, opposes it \u2014 and what’s to come in the rulemaking process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For decades, some workers at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) have been state employees \u2014 but only in name. Classified as “temporary,” they were denied benefits like health insurance, paid time off and retirement, even though they work full-time schedules. After nearly two years fighting for their rights, Cailley Chella reports, the state labor board has ruled in the employees\u2019 favor, putting them on the doorstep of a massive victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2023, state Sen. Antonio “Moe” Maestas penned a bill meant to overhaul the state’s struggling police misconduct board. This week, Maestas tells Executive Producer Jeff Proctor how his legislation has fallen short in practice to improve a board plagued with a long list of problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. Senate has confirmed former New Mexico Republican Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management. The Senate approved Pearce’s nomination as part of a package with 48 others in a 46-43 party-line vote. Both New Mexico senators, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, voted against the confirmations. Nash Jones revisits Pearce\u2019s confirmation hearing held back in February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship made international headlines beginning last month. While New Mexico has the most Hantavirus cases of any state in the U.S., it\u2019s a different strain than what infected the ship\u2019s passengers and crew. A leading expert on the virus at the UNM Health Sciences Center, Dr. Steven Bradfute, stopped by the studio to discuss the differences along with his new research on the version found here in New Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host: Nash Jones <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Segments:\u00a0 NHCC Workers Fight for Labor Rights<\/em>\u00a0 Police Misconduct Board Criticized for Lacking Transparency<\/em>\u00a0 Former NM Congressman Steve Pearce Joins Trump Administration<\/em>\u00a0 Hantavirus Expert on How Disease Differs in NM<\/em>\u00a0 This week on New Mexico in Focus, an environmental attorney criticizes a recent decision by the state’s Water Quality Control Commission to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. Tannis Fox, a senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, tells Host Nash Jones why she, and a coalition of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":49107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episode"],"yoast_head":"\n
Environmentalists Oppose Reuse of Fracking Wastewater<\/em>\u00a0
Correspondent:\u00a0Nash Jones\u00a0
Guest:\u00a0Tannis Fox, Senior Attorney, Western Environmental Law Center\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Cailley Chella\u00a0
Guests:\u00a0Rosemary Gallegos, National Hispanic Cultural Center Employee
Jacob Saavedra, National Hispanic Cultural Center Employee\u00a0
Grace Saavedra, National Hispanic Cultural Center Employee\u00a0
Nan G. Nash, NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board Chair\u00a0
Peggy Nelson, NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board Vice Chair\u00a0
Pilar Vaile, NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board Executive Director and Hearing Examiner\u00a0
Megan Green, Communication Workers of America Local 7076 Union President\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Jeff Proctor\u00a0
Guest:\u00a0NM Sen. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Nash Jones\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Nash Jones\u00a0
Guest:\u00a0Steven Bradfute, Ph.D., University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"