The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission voted on July 1 to reform outdated oil and gas bonding and cleanup rules, adopting some of the strongest safeguards in the country to prevent orphan wells and ensure oil and gas corporations pay to clean up the wells they drill and operate ...
New Mexico has led on transportation electrification and made meaningful progress on rolling out federal EV charging dollars in 2025, but the vast majority of that funding remains unspent, according to a new Sierra Club report out today ...
The New Mexico Environment Department's Environmental Improvement Board approved a landmark update to its air quality permit fee structure that increases essential funding for inspections, monitoring, and enforcement ...
On April 13, a coalition of environmental groups filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) challenging the Transwestern Pipeline Company’s attempt to fast-track the proposed Green Chile Pipeline. The 17-mile pipeline in Doña Ana County would provide gas to a new, massively-polluting power plant for the proposed “Project Jupiter” data center ...
Parties in the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) case to modernize oil and gas clean up and bonding rules filed their final post-hearing briefs on Friday, March 20, a key step as the OCC prepares to decide whether to update decades-old financial safeguards meant to prevent orphaned and abandoned wells ...
In February, the New Mexico Senate defeated the Clear Horizons Act (SB18), a bill which would have codified greenhouse reduction goals that have worked successfully for eight years. This bill would have reduced our pollution to what it was in 2005, reaching net zero by 2050. Our campaign, “Two Futures. One Vote,” recognizes that we are standing at a crossroads ...
March 23-25, the NM Environmental Improvement Board will hold a hearing on the New Mexico Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau proposal to modernize air quality permit fees — unchanged for more than 20 years. Let your voice be heard in support ...
3/5/26. Thousands of New Mexicans submitted signatures and comments opposing an air pollution permit for a massive methane gas power plant proposed to power the “Project Jupiter” AI data center in Doña Ana County ...
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