Water Quality Control Commission adopts rule banning discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters

Water Quality Control Commission adopts rule banning discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) adopted a rule that prohibits the discharge of “produced water” to New Mexico’s ground and surface waters ... Read More

House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution Impacting New Mexico and Other Oil and Gas Producing States

House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution Impacting New Mexico and Other Oil and Gas Producing States
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air and water. This legislation includes a ... Read More

Sierra Club Statement on the Reintroduction of Federal Legislation to Protect Chaco Canyon 

Sierra Club Statement on the Reintroduction of Federal Legislation to Protect Chaco Canyon 
Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which would permanently ban new federal mineral leasing within a 10-mile buffer of Chaco Culture National Historical Park ... Read More

Trump goes after EPA methane pollution  

Trump goes after EPA methane pollution  
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to formally reconsider the Endangerment Finding of 2009, which allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions ... Read More