Bureau of Land Management follows pro-polluter EPA with its own rescission of Obama-era protections Navajo Community leader Daniel Tso has watched as oil and gas operations have encroached more and more on his community’s tribal lands. “The leases have been signed, the approval has been given, but the one thing — how do we mitigate [...]
Southern New Mexico offers a testing ground for Trump’s vision for energy dominance. If there is one swath of land that holds the most promise for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s vision for energy dominance, it might be southeast New Mexico. The 6-million acre region includes part of the Permian Basin, which stretches into west Texas and is expected [...]
by Andy Stiny After hearing several hours of sometimes emotional testimony, the state Oil Conservation Commission on Thursday was forced by a legal problem to delay any decision on an application by one of the state’s largest natural gas producers to increase well density in northwestern New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. Rules required Texas-based applicant [...]
OUR VIEW It’s impossible to know just how much damage will be done to the land, water and air over the next few years, all in the name of deregulation, improving the business climate or creating jobs. But make no mistake, damage is being done. Just this week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it is [...]
A flaring pit near a well in the Bakken oil field, which straddles the United States and Canada.CreditCreditOrjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis, via Getty Images By Coral Davenport WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, taking its third major step this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is preparing to make it significantly easier for energy [...]
By Sarah Halasz Graham | sgraham@sfnewmexican.com Environmentalists and some residents in northwest New Mexico are denouncing a move by one of the state’s largest natural gas producers that would allow for more extraction in what they describe as an already densely drilled region. Texas-based Hilcorp Energy Co., a privately held outfit that in 2017 purchased [...]
Drained by farmers and divided by treaty, America’s second-longest river is running dry. By Richard Parker The Rio Grande near La Joya, N.M., in August. Less snowpack means the river is being drained dry by irrigation demands.CreditCreditIvan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times EL PASO — One of North America’s great rivers is dying. Stretching [...]
by Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK, (Reuters) - Governments are not on track to meet a goal of the 2015 Paris agreement of capping temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) before the end of the century, a United Nations official said on Sunday ahead of climate-change talks in Bangkok this week. Patricia Espinosa, head of the [...]
In 2017, New Mexico's Rio Grande del Norte National Monument avoided an acreage reduction during the U.S. Interior Department's review of 27 national monuments. (conservationslands.org) August 27, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico's U.S. senators, two of its three U.S. representatives, plus tribal, conservation and community leaders have gotten behind a bill that would strengthen [...]
Retake Our Democracy 2018 General Election Strategy Retake Our Democracy has developed a 2018 General Election Strategy that is designed to make it easier for New Mexicans to target their time and donations strategically. Our strategy is not to pick 3-4 races and then coordinate canvassing and calling, but rather to do the research on national, [...]