By Laura Paskus Laura Paskus I smell the mounds of dead fish before seeing them. By now, the fish are desiccated. Most lie in low spots along the riverbanks where they crammed together, taking refuge as the last of the puddles and rivulets dried. The temperature is in the high 80s as we trudge up the [...]
By IVAN PENNMAY Assembly-line workers at a solar-panel factory in China. To be exempted from American tariffs, solar companies must show that they have a unique technology or offering. CreditChina Network, via Reuters SunPower is the nation’s No. 2 commercial solar-power company, employing thousands of workers directly and indirectly. But it makes most of its solar panels [...]
(Photo: Courtesy photo) As a retired city manager, I know that New Mexico’s municipalities can always use more revenue for important needs. A big source of that funding is the taxes and royalties assessed on oil and gas development. Then why is the Trump Administration pushing a proposal that will -- by their own assessment [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship has launched a media blitz arguing the Trump administration's plan to roll back a waste-prevention rule on methane is not consistent with conservative principles. The Obama-era rule was designed to prevent energy waste, ensure a fair return on royalties, and improve air quality. It was set to take [...]
by Nichola Groom (Reuters) - U.S. solar and wind energy companies have donated far more money to Republicans than Democrats in congressional races this election cycle, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance data, an unprecedented tilt to the right for an industry long associated with the environmental left. While the money is modest [...]
by Megan Petersen McQueen: Challenges in water, transportation; industry underestimated Chaco support Buy Photo (Photo: Jon Austria/The Daily Times) STORY HIGHLIGHTS McQueen said there may be natural gas market potential in Mexico if gas could be transported. Water disposal and supply will be in issue in the Four Corners and statewide in the future of [...]
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New drilling permits would not help reduce New Mexico’s methane hot spot or other harmful pollution by Kelsey Robinson (SANTA FE, N.M. - Apr. 27, 2018) – The New Mexico Environment Department today approved new permits for oil and gas sites that are seriously deficient, constituting some of the weakest oil and gas air quality standards in the [...]
By Jessica Summers and Sheela Tobben The Permian shale play is all about setting records. Now, the region may even become the world’s largest oil patch over the next decade. Output in the basin is forecast to reach 3.18 million barrels a day in May, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s the highest since the agency [...]
PUBLIC LANDS by Ellen M. Gilmer Environmentalists were hit with a gut punch yesterday when a federal judge walked back his previous conclusion that some oil and gas development near Chaco Canyon, N.M., violated federal law. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued an opinion yesterday rejecting a full suite of [...]