ICN Southwest

Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem

Federal and state governments are helping Energy Fuels boost its processing of uranium and rare earth elements, but the company has a checkered past with tribes and communities in the Four Corners region.

By Wyatt Myskow, Maya McDaniel

Feds Grant Final Approval for Arizona Mine Situated in Critical Habitat for Jaguars and Mexican Spotted Owls

By Wyatt Myskow

A New Mexico Town Is Running Dry. An Immigration Detention Center Is Its Biggest Water Customer.

By Martha Pskowski

Can Clusters of Human-Constructed Ponds in the Arizona Desert Save a Threatened Frog?

By Wyatt Myskow

A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski

As Colorado River States Struggle to Reach Agreement, New Mexico Brings on a Fresh Voice

By Jake Bolster

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

By Wyatt Myskow

A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

By Tina Deines

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

Tribe and Environmentalists to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts to Threatened Owls

By Wyatt Myskow

New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat

By Tina Deines

Facing Drought and Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year

By Martha Pskowski

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

By Martha Pskowski

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines