Sunday - June 14, 2026
Tipoffs for Santa Fe (New Mexico+Environment) Newsletter for Tuesday April 14, 2026 ( 8 items )  

ACLU and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta's Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses
NEW YORK, April 13 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * ACLU and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta's Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses * SAN FRANCISCO - Meta's reported plan to equip its artificial intelligence (AI) AI eyeglasses with facial recognition technology poses an unacceptable threat to privacy and liberty and is "a red line society must not cross," a broad coalition of organizati  more

Lifting toward better health: UNM research targets diabetes through personalized exercise
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 13 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Lifting toward better health: UNM research targets diabetes through personalized exercise * Across New Mexico, where rates of Type 2 Diabetes remain among the highest in the nation (approximately 1 in every 7 New Mexico adults lives with Type 2 Diabetes), researchers at The University of New Mexico are working to answer a critical question: What if exercise could be prescribed as precisely as m  more

Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed
WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed * New Mexico - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee   more

N.M. Delegation Statement on Trump Administration Reversing Pecos Watershed Protections
WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Statement on Trump Administration Reversing Pecos Watershed Protections * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D  more

N.M. Environment Dept.: New Mexico Approves First Air Quality Fee Increase in Decades
SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 14 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * New Mexico approves first air quality fee increase in decades Updated fees will expand permitting capacity, strengthen air protections * New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Board -- the state's independent board that reviews and approves environmental rules -- today approved a proposal brought by the New Mexico Environment Department to increase air qualit  more

New Mexico communities win stronger air protections as environment board approves historic fee update
WASHINGTON, April 13 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * New Mexico communities win stronger air protections as environment board approves historic fee update * Today, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)'s Environmental Improvement Board approved a landmark update to its air quality permit fee structure that increases essential funding for inspections, monitoring, and enforcement. These changes will help deliver stronger protections to fron  more

New Mexico Communities Win Stronger Air Protections as Environment Board Approves Historic Fee Update
EUGENE, Oregon, April 14 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * New Mexico communities win stronger air protections as environment board approves historic fee update Today, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)'s Environmental Improvement Board approved a landmark update to its air quality permit fee structure that increases essential funding for inspections, monitoring, and enforcement. These changes will help deliver stronge  more

Northern Arizona University President Honors Graduate Researchers at 3-Minute Competition
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 13 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * One student. One research project. Three minutes. * Does a fungus hold the key to growing food on the Moon? That's a question Laura Lee, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, asked herself as she rotated through different specialties in her department. Her research, for which she received a Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation, foc  more