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New Mexico regulators have voted to scrap a rule that would have forced major polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions starting next year.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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The state Environmental Improvement Board will decide the fate of a rule that aims to reduce carbon emissions from large polluters.

Trustees of the Valles Caldera National Preserve held their spring meeting today and expressed optimism about the ecosystem’s recovery after last summer’s Las Conchas fire. KUNM’s Carrie Jung has more.

Thu 3/15 8am: When it comes to recycling in New Mexico, there is nowhere to go but up. And that’s the plan! Major efforts are underway to improve the state’s recycling rate, but what will it take to get us caught up with the rest of the nation?  What would it take to get YOU in the recycling spirit?

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Find out where to recycle almost anything here.

Albuquerque's Open Space Visitor's Center will be hosting a Recycled Art Fair on April 21.  More info here.

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Several of Santa Fe’s youngest environmental activists are featured in a new 120 foot mural at the city’s Warehouse 21 teen arts center.

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At its meeting Tuesday, the Bernalillo County Commission is scheduled to consider putting 1.5 million dollars of open space funding toward preserving UNM’s north golf course for the next 25 years.

An amendment to the federal transportation bill could help secure the future of a proposed Wildlife Refuge in Albuquerque.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard reports.

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The Bernalillo County Commission will consider a proposal to require inspections of aging septic systems next week.  The commission scrapped one ordinance last year that would have required all older systems to be replaced by 2015. Advocates of the new measure say it’s a reasonable compromise.  But opponents say it’s just unfair.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard reports.

Find a scedule of public meetings on this issue here.

Advocates for a free-flowing Gila River are breathing a sigh of relief this week...though their fight is not over.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard explains.

New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman has introduced a bill that sets a national standard for the clean generation of electricity.  KUNM's Sidsel Overgaard reports.

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New Mexico’s largest electric utility released numbers today showing a 25 percent increase in earnings from 2010 to 2011.  Environmentalists say those profits are just one more reflection of PNM’s misplaced priorities.

Albuquerque is tripling the size of its automated recycling program.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard explains what that means.

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Today, the New Mexico Game Commission will vote on whether to reconsider a planned release of river otters into the Gila River.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard reports.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified two fish found in New Mexico and Arizona as “endangered.”  The Spikedace and Loach Minnow were previously considered “threatened.”

The Xeriscape Council of New Mexico holds its annual Water Conservation Conference and Expo starting Thursday.  This year, the event is dedicated to a man who worked for decades to transform Albuquerque into a more water conscious place.  KUNM's Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has this remembrance.

A push to reintroduce endangered wolves to an area just south of the US border is off to a rocky start.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard explains.

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A recent analysis by the New Mexico Recycling Coalition shows that access to recycling has nearly doubled in the last four years.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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The Bernalillo County Commission is holding a series of public meetings, including one tonight, on a proposal to require inspection of aging septic systems.

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Environmentalists appear to have won a round in continued sparring over New Mexico’s so-called pit rule.  KUNM’s Sidsel Overgaard reports.

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For the first time, a New Mexico county is putting to the test a state law passed in 2001…and federal authorities are responding with a lawsuit.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard explains.

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Under the President’s budget proposal a controversial $6 billion dollar nuclear lab at Los Alamos has been put on hold for at least five years.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has more.

Under a new permit issued by the Environmental l Protection Agency, Albuquerque has six months to improve its plan for dealing with storm water runoff.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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A new report by House Democrats finds lax and inconsistent federal oversight of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter, Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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About a hundred people packed into a Socorro courtroom this morning for a hearing on a case that both sides say could affect the future of water law in New Mexico.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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The group WildEarth Guardians is suing wildlife managers over a decision they say has led to the death and injury of Mexican gray wolves.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has more.

A hearing on Tuesday in Socorro will determine whether a proposal to pump billions of gallons of water from the San Austin Plains is allowed to move forward.

New Mexico regulators have repealed a set of rules that would have allowed the state to participate in a regional greenhouse gas cap and trade program.  KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard has more.

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There’s been a deadly disease making its way West for the last five years.  It’s victims--bats.  Millions of them.  Scientists say White Nose Syndrome could even lead to the extinction of some species.  The disease has not been detected in New Mexico, but is so virulent that last year officials closed all the caves at El Malpais National Monument to prevent its potential spread. 

It’s been about a year since the caves at El Malpais National Monument were closed over concerns about a disease spreading among bats.  But as KUNM’s Conservation Beat reporter Sidsel Overgaard reports, new information has officials starting to think about reopening some of them.