“This is more than just chronic behavior — it’s like institutionalized bad management,” said Jay Coghlan, executive director of nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico. By: Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.com | santafenewmexican.com...
BY: Kyle Land / Mar 2, 2021 abqjournal.com Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal What’s the actual benefit to the city? That was the question Santa Fe city councilors debated Monday as they considered the...
BY: Sean P. Thomas sthomas@sfnewmexican.com / Mar 1, 2021 Updated Mar 2, 2021 santafenewmexican.com Santa Fe City Councilor Renee Villarreal renewed her concerns Monday about the city’s involvement in a joint powers...
Santa Fe New Mexican | Our View, March 1, 2021 New Mexico is getting tougher with Los Alamos National Laboratory when it comes to waste cleanup. That’s good news. The state has filed...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 25, 2021 The New Mexico Environment Department has announced that it is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Energy to terminate a “Consent Order” governing...
The lawsuit notes that Nuclear Watch New Mexico previously filed a lawsuit against the DOE over its non-compliance with the 2016 Consent Order. Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch...
Jay Coghlan, executive director of nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico, agreed that hard deadlines are crucial in making real headway on cleanup. “The main thing we would want is to...
“Remember that when your congressional members pitch expanding nuclear weapons production as jobs programs; you can respond that they are illegal. Tell them they should show visionary leadership and moral...
Jay Coghlan looks back at NukeWatch NM’s first grant from Ploughshares Fund Jay Coghlan is the executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, a nonprofit organization founded by veteran anti-nuclear...
“Many of the drums probably have sat around for years, even decades, posing a hazard,” said Scott Kovac, research and operations director for the nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico. “It’s...
Federal installations face a deadline of making 80 cores per year by 2030, with the first 30 due in five years. “Nuclear Watch New Mexico, South Carolina-based SRS Watch and...
Savannah River Site Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Tri-Valley CAREs, represented by the the S.C. Environmental Law Project, in early February sent a letter and supporting documents to the...
By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 One would think an entity with 13 nuclear facilities that experienced two catastrophic wildfires in recent years would be taking fire...
Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico: “It’s important to note that no future pit production is to maintain the safety and reliability of the existing nuclear weapons stockpile. Instead,...
Savannah River Site Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Tri-Valley CARES recently retained the Environmental Law Project. They say pit factories are expensive, unnecessary, needlessly threaten the environment, and could...
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“The threat and risks of wildfire to the lab and northern New Mexico will continue to increase because of climate warming, drought and expanded nuclear weapons production,” said Jay Coghlan,...
BY: T.S. Last / Journal North Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Feb, 9, 2021 SANTA FE – A recently released report by the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General suggests that managers at...
FEBRUARY 9, 2021 Santa Fe, NM – The Department of Energy’s Inspector General is reporting that the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is falling seriously behind in wildfire protection. This...
Jay Coghlan, executive director of the nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said the lab puts most of its attention on producing nuclear weapons and neglects forest maintenance, despite the disastrous...
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has had two major wildland fires — the Cerro Grande Fire in 2000 and the Las Conchas Fire in 2011. Each fire burned partially on...
A plan to dispose of surplus plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant through a dilution process that would reduce the waste to radiation levels allowable at the facility moved forward at...
Celebration of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons organized by Veterans for Peace View Photos from the banner event declaring “Nuclear weapons are...
One of the main problems with talking about nuclear weapons is that it often becomes abstract and hypothetical. Most people barely know which countries have nuclear weapons and do not...
Biden administration expected to take ‘critical look’ at next-generation warhead, estimated to be twice as explosive as Trident By: Colin Demarest cdemarest@aikenstandard.com / postandcourier.com In blunt, if not damning, remarks at...