‹‹ Alibi V.28 No.11 • March 14-20, 2019 ››

The groundwater treatment plant at Kirtland Air Force Base, where granular activated carbon filters remove toxic ethylene dibromide (EDB) from groundwater extracted from the contamination plume. Treated water contains no detectable contaminant levels and is used to water the Kirtland golf course, or it’s reinjected back into the aquifer.

On Assignment

The Plume that Would Not Die

New Mexico Environment Department has a plan

By August March

The New Mexico Environment Department is seeking public comment on its draft strategic plan to address the contamination and cleanup of the Kirtland jet fuel leak.

Eric Williams Photography

News Interview

Talking with Donkeys

Democrats revisit recent successes and envision a hopeful future

By August March

Weekly Alibi met with Democratic Party communications director Joel Kasenetz and the current chair of the party, Marg Elliston to discuss the legislature, the state and the future.

Conserve and Protect

Without a WWII-level effort to reduce CO2 emissions, we will soon approach a point where we can’t affect any meaningful change by controlling emissions, as the feedback loop cascades beyond control. Ignoring this problem is akin to waiting until the Nazi Wehrmacht is in Pennsylvania as opposed to France.

Newscity

By Joshua Lee

Luna County commissioners unanimously approved a county resolution backing the president's emergency; Española water levels tested high for nitrates in November but not in January; Armed security guards began patrolling Rio Rancho Public Schools campuses this week.

Odds & Ends

By Joshua Lee

Funny because convergent anti-conformity happens to someone else.

Letters

The readers write about natural gas, the wall vs the Green New Deal and the need for policy-makers' financial disclosure.