Senate Republicans Block Methane Protections, Leaving NM Exposed to Texas Pollution

Senate Republicans Block Methane Protections, Leaving NM Exposed to Texas Pollution
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 ... Read More

Greater Chaco Coalition Condemns Further Sacrifice

Greater Chaco Coalition Condemns Further Sacrifice
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 ... Read More

Hotter Temperatures, Higher Costs: Experts Warn Lawmakers of the Rising Price of a Warming New Mexico

Hotter Temperatures, Higher Costs: Experts Warn Lawmakers of the Rising Price of a Warming New Mexico
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 ... Read More

New Mexico water commission vacates tainted decision to hear oil and gas fracking waste discharge rulemaking

New Mexico water commission vacates tainted decision to hear oil and gas fracking waste discharge rulemaking
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 ... Read More