New Mexico & El Paso
Senate Republicans voted against a resolution that would have stopped the Trump administration from delaying critical methane pollution standards — a decision that leaves New Mexico vulnerable to pollution from Texas’ unregulated oil and gas fields.
Response to BLM letter sent to Tribal governments, stating the BLM would initiate a process to revoke an administrative mineral withdrawal for future oil and gas drilling within a 10-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
At the Water and Natural Resources Interim Committee hearing in Santa Fe, scientists, economists, and policy leaders told lawmakers that New Mexico is paying a steep price for rising temperatures from higher insurance premiums and shrinking water supplies to the mounting costs of rebuilding after fires and floods.
The Water Quality Control Commission met to consider water watchdogs’ motions to disqualify commissioners who may have voted under duress from the governor’s office to advance an oil and gas industry-written rule allowing discharge of toxic oil and gas wastewater in New Mexico.
On October 23, advocacy groups and community members delivered 890 signatures and comments to the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) in support of proposed rule changes to modernize outdated oil and gas bonding and cleanup requirements.
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for October – December 2025. We look forward to seeing you outside!
Rio Grande Chapter endorsements for 2025 municipal elections in Santa Fe and Las Cruces. There are no state-wide races.
Rio Grande Chapter endorsements for 2025 municipal elections in Albuquerque. There are no state-wide races.
Holtec has announced that it would no longer pursue its proposal to store the nation’s high-level nuclear waste in New Mexico.
The State Engineer issued her decision on August 20 denying Tulla Resources’ application to transfer water rights needed to reopen the Copper Flat Mine near Hillsboro in southern New Mexico.
The State Engineer noted the effects of climate change on New Mexico’s water resources.