From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sun, 8 Feb 2015 01:54:30 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "West Side leaders seek report on [Kirtland Air Force Base (NM)] spill" |
West Side leaders seek report on KAFB spill By Patrick Lohmann Albuquerque Journal (NM) February 7, 2015An organization of West Side neighborhood leaders has asked the New Mexico Legislature to again issue a memorial to ask for an independent task force of experts to study the effects of the Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill, which leaders said threatens their drinking water supply even if it originated miles away from their homes and neighborhoods. The West Side Coalition of Neighborhood Associations unanimously passed the resolution at its Wednesday night meeting, hoping their effort will turn up pressure for local and national officials tasked with ascertaining the extent and danger of the more-than-two-decade- old spill The resolution asks that the Legislature reissue the memorial for protection of the water supply, public health and the environment, and that a task force complete its report and send it to New Mexico’s Congressional delegation. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.abqjournal.com/538219/news/west-side-leaders-seek-report- on-kafb-spill.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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