NMiF discusses nuclear expansion in New Mexico & MMIP Advisory Council

This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM's Megan Kamerick hosts a two-part conversation about a recent town hall meeting where federal officials heard concerns from residents about nuclear production and storage in our state. In the first half, two anti-nuclear advocates tell Megan why the meeting felt like "DC comes to New Mexico and does things DC's way." Then, the conversation shifts to how the state's history of nuclear production will continue to impact New Mexicans for generations to come.

New Mexico in Depth reporter Bella Davis breaks down with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor what we know and don't know about a new advisory council on missing and murdered Indigenous people.

In the second of a two-part interview, Peter Simonson talks with Jeff about how his organization has changed since he began working at the ACLU of New Mexico in 2000.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 4 at 7 a.m., and streaming on the PBS video app.

NMiF Segments

Federal Officials Attend Town Hall on Nuclear Production in NM

Advocates Speaks Against Nuclear Expansion in NM

Correspondent

Megan Kamerick

Guests

Don Hancock, Nuclear Waste Safety Program director, Southwest Research and Information Center

Myrriah Gómez, associate professor and author, "Nuclear Nuevo México"

Questions Surround MMIP Advisory Council

Correspondent

Jeff Proctor

Guest

Bella Davis (Yurok), Indigenous Affairs reporter, New Mexico in Depth

Two Decades of Change at the ACLU of New Mexico

Correspondent

Jeff Proctor

Guest

Peter Simonson, executive director, ACLU - New Mexico

Host

Jeff Proctor

New Mexico in Focusis the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. "Our Land" Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. Producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.

Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund.

Funding for "Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future," is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming Fund for KNME-TV.