New Mexico modernizes oil, gas industry bonding, cleanup rules, now among nation’s strongest

New Mexico modernizes oil, gas industry bonding, cleanup rules, now among nation’s strongest
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission voted on July 1 to reform outdated oil and gas bonding and cleanup rules, adopting some of the strongest safeguards in the country to prevent orphan wells and ensure oil and gas corporations pay ... Read More

NM Water Commission Caves to Industry, Will Make Rule Reversing 11-Month-Old Fracking Wastewater Discharge Ban

NM Water Commission  Caves to Industry, Will Make Rule Reversing 11-Month-Old Fracking Wastewater Discharge Ban
Contacts: Tannis Fox, Western Environmental Law Center, 505-629-0732,  fox@westernlaw.org Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327,  rconn@amigosbravos.org Dale Doremus, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, 505-795-5987,  doremuswater@gmail.com Today, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) accepted a rulemaking petition filed by an ... Read More

Trump Administration Ends Public Lands Rule, Putting New Mexico and National Land Conservation at Risk

Trump Administration Ends Public Lands Rule, Putting New Mexico  and National Land Conservation at Risk
ALBUQUERQUE — The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is calling on New Mexico officials to act against the Trump regime’s latest attack on our environment. On Monday federal officials rescinded the 2024 Public Lands Rule for the Bureau of Land ... Read More

Despite federal obstacles, New Mexico making progress on spending EV charging dollars

Despite federal obstacles, New Mexico making progress on spending EV charging dollars
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 ... Read More