LCCC Oct. 19 Meeting Commentary

Many of you have noticed, and commented on, the excavation activities that began last Tuesday.  This appears to be an attempt by Roper Construction Inc. to start construction at their proposed concrete batch plant site in the absence of an approved air quality permit. While the EIB did vote to overturn the Deputy Secretary’s Final…

A local realtor recently brought to the attention of the Alto Coalition for Environmental Preservation a news release published February 7, 2024.  In the article, the Environmental Protection Agency reveals it has finalized stronger standards for particulate matter pollution.  For the past two and a half years the Alto CEP has maintained that the proposed…

By:  Galen Farrington What  is a Sacrifice Zone? When I taught freshman English at Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso, I taughtthe two-part selection, “Cancer Alley, The Poisoning of the American South” andthe class was introduced to the concept of Environmental Justice andspecifically the term “environmental racism.”  Today, ten years later,those living along the 85-mile stretch along…

The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter’s magazine The Sierran features an opinion piece by long-time Alto resident, and Alto CEP charter member,  Galen Farrington in the upcoming Fall issue. Click here to read Galen’s personal observations of the impact the proposed Alto concrete batch plant would have on us, should it be permitted to be…

The political divide in the US has never been wider in my experience. It is so wide that unanimous agreement about any topic is almost an impossibility. Almost. In yesterday’s Lincoln County (NM) Commission meeting this joint statement opposing the Alto Concrete Batch Plant was read into the record. Clicking on the link will open…