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New Mexico Supreme Court Validates Designation of Mt. Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property

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Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Sacred Sites and Traditional Cultural Properties and the Role of Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent

Download PDF Sacred sites and traditional cultural properties are crucial to the preservation of indigenous peoples’ culture and society, and are increasingly recognized by international and state law and non-governmental entities. This article explores the various legal and non-legal documents addressing sacred…

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New Mexico Supreme Court Validates Designation of Mt. Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property

Introduction:  In a case that may have national significance, the New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee’s (“Committee”) permanent designation of approximately 400,000 acres of public lands on Mt. Taylor in west‐central New Mexico as a traditional…

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Despite Pollution Exclusions, Supreme Court Finds Insurance Coverage Possible for Uranium Mining Company’s Legacy Sites

    The New Mexico Supreme Court has issued an important opinion in a case of first impression for the state arising from fifteen year old litigation over…

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General Mining Law of 1872 Does Not Preempt New Mexico’s Exploration Permitting Regime

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Competitiveness of New Domestic Nuclear Power In the Post-EPACT Environment

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New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Regulatory Takings

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Three Barriers In The Nuclear Power Steeplechase

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Miles From Three Mile Isle; Warming To Nuclear Energy

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International Environmental Claims Against Mining Company Rejected

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