New Task Force Targets Environmental Crimes

The New Mexico Environment Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have launched a new task force to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes. These crimes can range from things like dumping hazardous waste to falsifying records. For New Mexico in Focus, Our Land’s Laura Paskus talks with NMED Secretary James Kenney and the EPA’s special agent in charge of the criminal investigation unit, Kim Bahney. To submit a tip online to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations To report known or suspected environmental crimes to the New Mexico Environment Department: https://www.env.nm.gov/general/report-an-environmental-issue-or-incident/ Want to see more environmental coverage from NMPBS? Visit the NMPBS Video App: https://portal.knme.org/show/our-land-new-mexicos-environmental-past-present-and-future/ Subscribe to Our Land Weekly: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/woyxJ21/ourland