by John R. Moses (Photo: LaSen Inc.) FARMINGTON — The environmental group that backed a multi-year study on the impacts of methane releases from natural gas collection tanks at drill sites and other sources says fixing the problem will make money and create jobs. Oil industry groups say increased regulation patterned after Colorado's Regulation 7 would [...]

by Hannah Grover Local senator warns of unintended consequences Buy Photo (Photo: Jon Austria/The Daily Times) FARMINGTON — Over the past decade, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power have seen steady growth. But that trend was questioned Friday by some Republican state lawmakers. Michael McDiarmid, a consulting energy engineer who has worked with [...]

A renewable energy ballot measure could shutter the largest nuclear plant in the country. Elena Saavedra Buckley  West of Phoenix, Arizona, where cooling towers billow steam into the air, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station churns out more carbon-free energy than any other power producer in the country. But, in the light of a controversial [...]

SANTA ANA PUEBLO, NM, US: The annual Convention of Western Attorneys General Conference (CWAG) scheduled Fireside chat with Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was met with disruption from activists who demanded the Secretary finally listen to public concerns regarding his administration's crusade to hand over America’s public lands and resources exclusively to fossil fuel [...]

By Thom Cole | tcole@sfnewmexican.com The state Legislature needs to do what it can to soften the economic blow to northwestern New Mexico caused by the winding down of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station, says the co-chairman of the legislative Water and Natural Resources Committee. Public Service Company of New Mexico shuttered half the [...]

by Tripp Stelnicki Luis Perea of Phoenix heads a group of children dressed as diesel buses and supporters of the Clean Buses for Healthy Niños campaign from the Santa Fe Capital to the Santa Fe Convention Center on Thursday. The group was calling for governors to fund and implement plans to invest Volkswagen settlement money [...]

By Jessica Kutz, High Country News Andrew Wheeler is the new acting chief administrator of the EPA, following the resignation of Scott Pruitt. Wheeler is a former coal lobbyist for Murray Energy and aide to Republican Sen. James Inhofe, a fossil fuels advocate. Andrew Wheeler, a former coal and uranium mining lobbyist, has been named the [...]

By The Associated Press FARMINGTON – Navajo Transitional Energy Company has acquired a 7 percent ownership interest in units 4 and 5 of the Four Corners Power Plant. NTEC purchased the partial ownership from an affiliate of Arizona Public Service, which operates the coal-fired power plant. The energy company is owned by the Navajo Nation. NTEC [...]