New Mexico in Focus; Santa Fe and the Arts, Nuclear Waste, Fracking, Climate Change, Human Trafficking

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · July 12, 2019

*Please Note: this file contains content that may be sensitive for some viewers.* On this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we take a field trip to Santa Fe this week as we look at the work being done by 1800 volunteers at this weekend's colorful International Folk Art Market. Across town another Santa Fe art institution Meow Wolf faces accusations of gender discrimination-growing pains or something more problematic? We explore the Carlsbad City Council which has unanimously approved a resolution for a nuclear waste facility near the Eddy-Lea County border. The governor, the New Mexico Land Commissioner, and the Congressional Delegation are all opposed, particularly about the use of fracking in the same region. Can these efforts coexist? Environmental Correspondent, Laura Paskus, speaks with outgoing Senator Tom Udall about the struggle for action on climate change. We begin with federal sex trafficking charges for billionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who has ties to New Mexico. Guests: Merritt Allen (Vox Optima, LLC), Harry Van Buren (Anderson School of Management), Kristelle Siarza (Siarza Social Digital), Stephanie Maez (ProgressNow NM), Senator Tom Udall (D, New Mexico), Laurel Ladwig (Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer), Judith Phillips (Garden Designer), Sandy Wylie (IFAM Volunteer Director), Laurie Vander Velde (Market Volunteer), Gloria Silver (Market Volunteer), Michael Vander Velde (Market Volunteer), and Jayna Varghese (Market Volunteer). Hosts: Gene Grant and Laura Paskus (Correspondent).