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Senate committee advances bill to boost funding for abandoned uranium-mine cleanup
Summary
The Senate Indian and Tribal Affairs Committee voted to give Senate Bill 226 a due pass, advancing a proposal to increase state funding for assessment and cleanup of abandoned uranium mines after testimony about health and environmental harms in tribal and rural communities.
Senator Pinto advanced Senate Bill 226, a proposal to increase state funding for assessment and cleanup of abandoned uranium mines, and the committee voted to give the bill a due pass.
Supporters told the committee that unreclaimed uranium sites continue to harm communities. "These sites have affected so many lives across rural and tribal communities throughout New Mexico," said Denise Willie, a member of the Navajo tribe from Yamatoe, New Mexico, who urged lawmakers to support the appropriation. Adela…
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