By Andrew Oxford New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs an executive order for state agencies to aggressively pursue strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Tuesday in Santa Fe, flanked by student activists on global warming. The order endorses goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and sets in motion new efforts to encourage renewable [...]
(Washington Post Staff Illustration) By Dan Zak What does it mean to be alive right now? Right now. Right this second, right this epoch, as mankind alters the Earth beyond recognition. In Arizona, in the summer, the pinyon pines don’t smell like they used to, says Nikki Cooley, and the wind sometimes feels in error, like it’s [...]
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Methane is flared in March 2018 at a natural gas gathering facility west of Jal in southeastern New Mexico. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The blue wave that swept November’s state elections is rapidly turning green as newly installed state officials prepare sweeping reforms in New Mexico’s [...]
By Andrew Oxford, Santa Fe New Mexican By early April of 2018, the state's largest river, the Rio Grande, had already dried south of Albuquerque. Walk around the Capitol, and much of the talk is about an oil boom that is buoying the state’s finances, providing more money for schools and whatever else. But for [...]
Ruling says state regulators correct to balance development with public health, environmental impacts; governor, lawmakers vow to update state’s policy By JUDITH KOHLER PUBLISHED: January 14, 2019 at 9:50 am In a win for the oil and gas industry, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court ruling that said the Colorado Oil and Gas [...]
Sierra Club statement on Gov. Lujan Grisham's proposed budget - In response New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's release of her state budget recommendation today, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Chair David Coss issued the following statement: "By increasing funding for the Environment Department and Oil Conservation Division and allocating funding to the Office of [...]
by Laura Paskus On Monday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced more executive appointments, including James Kenney as Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department. The next day, Kenney sat down with NM Political Report to talk about his vision for the agency. Though he hadn’t officially started the job yet, the secretary-designate wanted to set a tone [...]
Jan 8, 2019 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin The San Juan Citizens Alliance and Western Environmental Law Center applaud the decision by Gov. Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (NMOCC) to set a new hearing regarding a contentious and rushed Martinez-era rule doubling of the oil and gas drilling [...]
Travel and research by scientists with NASA, NOAA and the EPA is being impacted By Mark K. Matthews Credit: Tasos Katopodis Getty Images The government shutdown might only be a partial one, but not when it comes to federal climate efforts. Among the dozens of agencies and departments shuttered by the shutdown—now in its 14th day—are several shops [...]
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