Three phase plan draft explained
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A near-final coronavirus vaccine plan was shared with the Health, Education, and Human Services Committee of the 24th Navajo Nation Council Nov. 25 by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service.
The plan, presented by NAIHS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Loretta Christiansen...
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Public Meeting on Northeast Churchrock Mine Cleanup
There are 523 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation that have been identified for cleanup through the joint federal and Navajo Nation multi-agency five-year plans which started in 2008. This does not include the totality of legacy contamination, such as places where contaminated materials were moved offsite either purposefully or accidentally.
One area that is a priority for cleanup is north of Churchrock, N. M., known as the Red Water Pond Road community where two companies Kerr McGee and United Nuclear Corporation operated. UNC, now owned by General Electric, mined uranium at the Northeast Churchrock Mine and processed the ore at their nearby uranium mill. The mill is the site...
One area that is a priority for cleanup is north of Churchrock, N. M., known as the Red Water Pond Road community where two companies Kerr McGee and United Nuclear Corporation operated. UNC, now owned by General Electric, mined uranium at the Northeast Churchrock Mine and processed the ore at their nearby uranium mill. The mill is the site...
Food banks get money from New Mexico
$5 million spread through five areas
SANTA FE— The New Mexico Human Services Department can expect to receive $5 million from House Bill 1, appropriated during the second special session of the New Mexico Legislature last month to support and supplement emergency feeding operations at food banks across the state. The funds are being distributed to the five major food banks that support all 33 counties and tribal communities through an existing hunger relief network. The food banks are:
The Community Pantry in Gallup
ECHO Inc. in Farmington
Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque
The Food Depot in Santa Fe
Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico in Clovis
The Human Services...
SANTA FE— The New Mexico Human Services Department can expect to receive $5 million from House Bill 1, appropriated during the second special session of the New Mexico Legislature last month to support and supplement emergency feeding operations at food banks across the state. The funds are being distributed to the five major food banks that support all 33 counties and tribal communities through an existing hunger relief network. The food banks are:
The Community Pantry in Gallup
ECHO Inc. in Farmington
Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque
The Food Depot in Santa Fe
Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico in Clovis
The Human Services...
State begins wastewater surveillance at CYFD, correctional facilities
Monitoring sewage may offer early detection, help with testing
Staff Reports
New Mexico began its initial phase of the New Mexico Wastewater Surveillance System, a COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program at congregate settings, in the southwest region of New Mexico the week of Dec.7.
This approach led by the New Mexico Environment Department and done in cooperation with other state agencies and local governments, allows for early detection of COVID-19 in congregate facilities and helps prioritize the use of individual-based testing resources (e.g. nasal swab testing).
Included in the initial effort are several federal, state and local correctional and Children...
Staff Reports
New Mexico began its initial phase of the New Mexico Wastewater Surveillance System, a COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program at congregate settings, in the southwest region of New Mexico the week of Dec.7.
This approach led by the New Mexico Environment Department and done in cooperation with other state agencies and local governments, allows for early detection of COVID-19 in congregate facilities and helps prioritize the use of individual-based testing resources (e.g. nasal swab testing).
Included in the initial effort are several federal, state and local correctional and Children...
Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World
Week ending Friday, December 4, 2020
Record Heat
The U.N. weather agency predicts that 2020 will come in as almost the hottest year on record, just behind the current record-holder, 2016. Global weather data now put this year as the second-warmest ever, with its heat waves, devastating tropical cyclones and firestorms. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told an audience at New York’s Columbia University that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are to blame, and that world leaders have yet to adequately confront the climate crisis. “To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken,” said Guterres. “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is...
Record Heat
The U.N. weather agency predicts that 2020 will come in as almost the hottest year on record, just behind the current record-holder, 2016. Global weather data now put this year as the second-warmest ever, with its heat waves, devastating tropical cyclones and firestorms. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told an audience at New York’s Columbia University that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are to blame, and that world leaders have yet to adequately confront the climate crisis. “To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken,” said Guterres. “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is...
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