Environmental Justice in New Mexico: Counting Coup (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467141338)

In New Mexico and across America, communities of color bear the brunt of contamination from generations of expansion, mining, nuclear testing and illegal dumping. The nation's largest uranium waste spill occurred in 1979 at Church Rock, and radioactivity in the Rio Puerco remains at dangerous levels. The National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Mount Taylor as one of the ten most endangered historic sites in America. After decades of sickness from Rio Grande river water, the first female governor of a Pueblo Nation, Verna Olgin Teller, led tribal members to a Supreme Court victory over Albuquerque. Valerie Rangel presents stories of strife and struggle in the war to protect the integrity of natural systems, rights to religious freedom and the continuation of traditional customs.

Author: Valerie Rangel
ISBN-10: 146714133X
ISBN-13: 9781467141338
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/04/2019
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d