Elaine Cimino
@ecimino.bsky.social
Environmental justice and art advocate
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Elaine Cimino
@ecimino.bsky.social
· Nov 29
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Common Ground Rising, worked to ban PFAS in oil & gas operations, & supported youth-led initiatives for a cleaner, healthier future. 📢 Donate today: www.gofundme.com/f/wh7hvf-com...
rise for a better tomorrow. 🌎 #EnvironmentalJustice #CleanWater #ClimateAction
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4:15 pm on the year’s shortest day. Welcome to winter. And more light.
December 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
4:15 pm on the year’s shortest day. Welcome to winter. And more light.
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First of UPRISING - 4 part series Part One: Subjugation- How Five Centuries of Power, Land and Militarization Shaped New Mexico
Exposing power. Defending land. Protecting the Future
First of UPRISING - 4 part series Part One: Subjugation- How Five Centuries of Power, Land and Militarization Shaped New Mexico
Exposing power. Defending land. Protecting the Future
THE UPRISING
A four-part Investigation Into Power, Land and Resistance in New Mexico
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December 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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First of UPRISING - 4 part series Part One: Subjugation- How Five Centuries of Power, Land and Militarization Shaped New Mexico
Exposing power. Defending land. Protecting the Future
First of UPRISING - 4 part series Part One: Subjugation- How Five Centuries of Power, Land and Militarization Shaped New Mexico
Exposing power. Defending land. Protecting the Future
A documented investigation into how authoritarian governance takes root at the local level—through land segmentation, economic leverage, and the suppression of public participation—in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
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UPRISING
PART TWO The Workaround State: Creeping authoritarian governance, economic leverage, and the price of speaking out
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December 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A documented investigation into how authoritarian governance takes root at the local level—through land segmentation, economic leverage, and the suppression of public participation—in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
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Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.
Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case
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Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court, which could send him to prison for the rest o...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case
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NEW TWIST: data centers in farm country may accelerate nitrate contamination from agricultural sources with big implications for public health.
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
NEW TWIST: data centers in farm country may accelerate nitrate contamination from agricultural sources with big implications for public health.
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NM has been the backbone of U.S. weapons development for 80+ years. The same communities harmed then—Indigenous, Latino, rural—are being targeted again by hypersonics, AI command centers & detonation sites and now ABQ The cycle won’t break unless we confront it. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NM has been the backbone of U.S. weapons development for 80+ years. The same communities harmed then—Indigenous, Latino, rural—are being targeted again by hypersonics, AI command centers & detonation sites and now ABQ The cycle won’t break unless we confront it. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
What do Project Ranger, Project Jupiter, Kirtland expansion, and the new $206M federal funding have in common?
They’re all part of a massive build-out happening behind our backs—without environmental review, without transparency, & without a single stand-alone vote
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They’re all part of a massive build-out happening behind our backs—without environmental review, without transparency, & without a single stand-alone vote
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November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What do Project Ranger, Project Jupiter, Kirtland expansion, and the new $206M federal funding have in common?
They’re all part of a massive build-out happening behind our backs—without environmental review, without transparency, & without a single stand-alone vote
open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
They’re all part of a massive build-out happening behind our backs—without environmental review, without transparency, & without a single stand-alone vote
open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
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Nexus Health, a Santa Fe health care company that has grown steadily over the past several years, opening a large, three-story clinic on the city’s south side a little more than a year ago, abruptly announced to patients Wednesday it is closing.
Nexus Health to shut down, leaving questions about patient care, planned development
Nexus Health President Dr. Scott Herbert would not offer any details about the reason for the closure of the clinic on Beckner Road.
www.santafenewmexican.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Nexus Health, a Santa Fe health care company that has grown steadily over the past several years, opening a large, three-story clinic on the city’s south side a little more than a year ago, abruptly announced to patients Wednesday it is closing.
Rio Rancho grew on speculation rather than planning—and that DNA still shapes city governance today. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
The Real “Glengarry Glen Ross” Began Here AMREP sold promises. Castelion is selling missiles.
The product changed, but the pattern didn’t.
The Real “Glengarry Glen Ross” Began Here AMREP sold promises. Castelion is selling missiles.
The product changed, but the pattern didn’t.
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Rio Rancho grew on speculation rather than planning—and that DNA still shapes city governance today. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
The Real “Glengarry Glen Ross” Began Here AMREP sold promises. Castelion is selling missiles.
The product changed, but the pattern didn’t.
The Real “Glengarry Glen Ross” Began Here AMREP sold promises. Castelion is selling missiles.
The product changed, but the pattern didn’t.
On the West Mesa, bulldozers are already carving into the earth for Project Ranger—a hypersonic missile rocket-motor manufacturing and detonation site planned by Castelion Corp—no NEPA Environmental Impact Statement was completed.
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These are not abstract risks.
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These are not abstract risks.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
On the West Mesa, bulldozers are already carving into the earth for Project Ranger—a hypersonic missile rocket-motor manufacturing and detonation site planned by Castelion Corp—no NEPA Environmental Impact Statement was completed.
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These are not abstract risks.
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These are not abstract risks.
2 massive projects are transforming New Mexico into the backbone of a new U.S. military system—w/o public hearings, w/o environmental review, & w/o any honest conversation w/ the communities who will pay the price.
They are two 1/2s of the same machine.
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They are two 1/2s of the same machine.
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New Mexico Is Becoming a Weapons Hub—Without Public Consent
The FEDERAL and Corporate Water Grab
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November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2 massive projects are transforming New Mexico into the backbone of a new U.S. military system—w/o public hearings, w/o environmental review, & w/o any honest conversation w/ the communities who will pay the price.
They are two 1/2s of the same machine.
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They are two 1/2s of the same machine.
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Santa Fe can't reduce its homeless population because the City Council continues to prioritize profits over people ...
Consuelo’s Place shelter, in the old Midtown campus dorms, houses homeless seniors, disabled people, & families in Santa Fe is being kicked out to make way for tech industry
Consuelo’s Place shelter, in the old Midtown campus dorms, houses homeless seniors, disabled people, & families in Santa Fe is being kicked out to make way for tech industry
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Santa Fe can't reduce its homeless population because the City Council continues to prioritize profits over people ...
Consuelo’s Place shelter, in the old Midtown campus dorms, houses homeless seniors, disabled people, & families in Santa Fe is being kicked out to make way for tech industry
Consuelo’s Place shelter, in the old Midtown campus dorms, houses homeless seniors, disabled people, & families in Santa Fe is being kicked out to make way for tech industry
sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... The RRCC never brought up the wildfire risk or the use of water sprinklers after Castelion presentation said that water could not be used for fire suppression. RRFD would have to let it burn. No safety studies prior to vote
Rio Rancho fire chief raises concerns about Project Ranger’s impact - Sandoval Signpost
Rio Rancho Fire Chief James Wenzel warned city councilors Thursday that a proposed high-hazard facility in Sandoval County could strain the city’s fire department resources and pose unique safety chal...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... The RRCC never brought up the wildfire risk or the use of water sprinklers after Castelion presentation said that water could not be used for fire suppression. RRFD would have to let it burn. No safety studies prior to vote
sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... Elaine Cimino filed a 10-page written objection citing procedural defects in the approval process and concerns about ammonium perchlorate, a toxic oxidizer used in rocket motors that can contaminate groundwater.
Rio Rancho residents sound alarm over hypersonic missile plant - Sandoval Signpost
Rio Rancho residents packed a Nov. 13 city council meeting to voice sharp divisions over a resolution that would provide water services to a controversial hypersonic missile manufacturing facility, wi...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
sandovalsignpost.com/2025/11/rio-... Elaine Cimino filed a 10-page written objection citing procedural defects in the approval process and concerns about ammonium perchlorate, a toxic oxidizer used in rocket motors that can contaminate groundwater.
What just happened with Project Ranger isn’t “local politics”—it’s the Trump-style authoritarian playbook hitting us at home. No notice, no due process, no public voice. This is how democracy erodes. More in my op-ed below. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
From Washington to Our Doorstep: How Authoritarian Politics Are Fueling the Project Ranger Railroad Job
Across the country, we are witnessing a chilling escalation of political behavior that once would have been considered unthinkable.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
What just happened with Project Ranger isn’t “local politics”—it’s the Trump-style authoritarian playbook hitting us at home. No notice, no due process, no public voice. This is how democracy erodes. More in my op-ed below. open.substack.com/pub/elaineci...
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"What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century. Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
This is not hyperbole, this is one of the reasons why the US need Canada as a 51st state. #Lebensraum2.0
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This is not hyperbole, this is one of the reasons why the US need Canada as a 51st state. #Lebensraum2.0
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century. Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
This is not hyperbole, this is one of the reasons why the US need Canada as a 51st state. #Lebensraum2.0
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This is not hyperbole, this is one of the reasons why the US need Canada as a 51st state. #Lebensraum2.0
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...