On Sept. 9, an early cold front stormed into New Mexico from the north, bringing record cold temperatures and freezing rain.
Doctor’s orders: Get outside
State approves energy-saving building codes
Federal policy lets big oil off cheap

With 3 million acres of public land currently leased to oil and gas companies for exploration and drilling, New Mexico is the largest producer of oil from federal lands in the country. The policies governing how these lands are managed and leased haven’t been updated for a century, and companies are getting a sweetheart deal to develop under the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” regime.