New Mexico
Deb Haaland, Biden’s interior secretary nominee, says she’ll be ‘fierce for our planet’
Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, President Biden’s nominee for secretary of the interior, is the first Native American to lead the department. She plans to bring a strong conservation, climate action and tribal rights record to the agenda.
A place where the stars are so bright you can see your shadow by starlight
A remote campground in southwest New Mexico has recently become the world’s second dark sky sanctuary for star gazers. The rapid spread of light pollution prevents more than half of the world’s population from seeing the Milky Way.
Congress considering measure to preserve atomic labs as National Parks
America’s nuclear heritage has few sites open to the public. But since the Cold War ended, several sites have fallen out of active use. After narrowly avoiding being torns down, there’s a movement to open them to the public as National Parks.
