Laura Paskus

Author and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation was in Albuquerque recently to deliver the Leopold Writing Program's annual lecture. She’s the author of "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants." She teaches environmental biology at the State University of New York in Syracuse and is founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. She spoke with Laura Paskus, senior producer with our media partner New Mexico PBS.

The state of New Mexico and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have launched a new task force to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes in the state. These can range from dumping oil and hazardous waste to falsifying records.

As high winds whipped dust, Siberian elm seeds and recycling bins around Albuquerque Thursday afternoon, dozens of people filed into the U.S. Bureau of…

Let's Talk New Mexico 3/8 8a. Call 277-5866. A U.S. Supreme Court case could threaten New Mexico’s use of water from the Rio Grande. This week, justices…

The New Mexico Environment Department released a new rule protecting groundwater from copper mining three years ago. The copper rule was one that state…

New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is late paying out millions in federal disaster relief money it owes local…

New Mexicans have needed help after wildfires and floods in recent years. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has done its part: sending money…

Everyone’s heard how oil and gas production dropped in New Mexico last year. Low prices hit industry – and the state’s budget – hard.During that same…

Away from any cities or streetlights, the nights here at Chaco Culture National Historic Park are dark. Looking up, it takes a little longer than usual to…

There used to be big talk about a big boom coming to the San Juan Basin. Industry thought they’d sink 20,000 new oil wells. Companies wanted to take…