New Mexico leaders outraged over EPA's response to claims
January 13, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, Attorney General Hector Balderas and other top officials are angry with the federal government's decision not to pay claims related to a 2015 mine spill that tainted rivers in three western states.
The Republican governor said Friday that this marks another insult by the Obama administration and serves as another example of why people have lost faith in the federal government.
Balderas, a Democrat, accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of revictimizing the state and the Navajo Nation by not taking full responsibility for trig...
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