MISSION: Southwest Research and Information Center is a multi-cultural organization working to promote the health of people and communities, protect natural resources, ensure citizen participation, and secure environmental and social justice now and for future generations

Providing research to communities confronted by the development/extraction of natural resources has been a core service of SRIC since the mid-1970s. As the assault on land and people associated with the development of these resources continues, the demand for the experienced, in depth analysis of resource extraction and waste disposal projects has grown enormously.

Examples of SRIC's work can be found on the following:

• SRIC's Mining work
• SRIC's International work on resource development
• Voices of the Earth articles:
  • New Mexico Wastewatch - Changing How New Mexico Deals with Landfills, Spring 2003
  • Phelps Dodge Leaves a Legacy of Waste to New Mexico, Spring 2002
  • State Requires Reclamation To Begin At Molycorp, Fall 2002
  • Landfill Issues, Summer 2001
  • Mining Reclamation in New Mexico Takes Center Stage, Spring 2001
  • Molycorp Clean-up Far from Over, Fall 2000
  • Molycorp Reclamation Plan, Winter 2000
  • Citizen Action Establishes a Mine Reclamation Plan — Owners of the Molycorp Mine Agree to Full-Scale Financial Guarantee, Winter 2000
  • Community and Culture vs. Commodification: The Survival of Acequias and Traditional Communities in New Mexico, Winter 2000
  • Molycorp Clean-Up Battle Far from Over, Fall 2000
• The Workbook Archives:
  • SRIC Provides Technical Assistance at Peru Smelter, Spring 1999
  • Water Rights and the Public Welfare in the West, Fall 1997