The public hearings continue on the proposed changes to the allowable uses of liquid waste from oil and gas operations.  This waste is referred to as produced water, but it is not something anyone would want to drink or put on crops.  Although the waste can be treated to remove a variety of contaminants, including forever chemicals that poisoned a dairy farm in eastern New Mexico, the rule does not require criteria to assure treated waste is safe.  GPNM calls on the Commission to reject the proposed rule change.

The hearing is currently scheduled to continue each day from Monday, August 5 through Friday, August 9, from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m., with a lunch break expected each day.  The hearing is also scheduled from the 12th through the 14th; it is unclear if those days are open to public comment.  To sign up for public comment, contact WQCC Administrator Pamela Jones to sign up to speak at pamela.jones@env.nm.gov or 505-660-4305.  Comments should be limited to three minutes.  In-person comment will be at the State Capitol, Room 322, 411 S. Capitol St. in Santa Fe.  To attend the hearing virtually, used the following link and meeting number:

https://nmed-oit.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/nmed-oit/meeting/download/13cecfdaf4404ff4a2b16333474729bf?siteurl=nmed-oit&MTID=m3283bd4d6f288308c0d2a75f1a656381

Meeting Number 2632 753 1827

Agua es la vida.

In Santa Fe, on the Plaza, at 11:00 a. m.:

In ABQ, if you want to help out Demand Nuclear Abolition (formerly Nuclear Issues Study Group), enjoy the the fundraising event at 7pm.

Never Again!: Remembering the Atomic Bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This GPAX webinar is Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 5:30 MDT on Zoom.  Register at

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucu-hqz8pHtZysAqFZvCO59JvGEnTbx0H

GPAX will present a webinar on the growing danger of global nuclear war resulting from expanding regional conflicts involving the U.S.

Panelists* will address the history of the nuclear weapons threat starting with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks and growing through the Cold War until the current period of extreme danger.  The Doomsday Clock is now set to 90 seconds before midnight.

* Madelyn Hoffman, John LaForge, Gerry Condon, Ann Suellentrop, and Haig Hovaness

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Registration for Free Speech on Trial! on Wednesday, August 7, 6:30 pm MDT is also on Zoom.

The National Nuclear Safety Administration with the Office of Environmental Management will hold a Town Hall on Monday, July 22, 6:00 p. m., at the Hilton, 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe. The DoE/National Nuclear Security Administration will present clean-up priorities. There will be a Q & A.

Jill Stein will be on the debate stage at Caesars Forum Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, July 12, 6:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. (MDT).  Register for Livestream on Rumble or view on C-SPAN.  The event is sponsored by Free & Equal Foundation.

We think Jill Stein will be on the program today with Cornel West and Robert Kennedy. It is a call-in show; please show your support for Stein. KUNM is at 89.9 FM in the ABQ metro area.  Find local coverage in NM.  You can also stream on line at https://www.kunm.org/.  Learn more at https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/.

An unknown entity co-opted our domain name and sent text messages with a link to one of our blog posts.  One message was send in the morning and another this evening.  GPNM did not send those messages, and we do not know who received them.  The sender used the following telephone number:  505.391.3043.  That is neither GPNM nor related to the referenced party in the post.

Free & Equal Elections will host a debate with presidential candidates on July 12.  Jill Stein is expected to be among the participants.  Invitees are those candidates expected to be on the ballot in enough states that there is a mathematical possibily of obtaining an Electoral College majority.  We’ll update with the viewing link when it is available.

The Poor People’s Army (Economic Human Rights Campaign) will march on the Republican (July 15, Milwaukee) and Democratic National Conventions (August 19, Chicago) this summer.  For more information about this and how to support this campaign, check https://www.poorpeoplesarmy.org/statement.