By Alex Nussbaum/ Bloomberg Pumpjacks operate on oil wells in the Permian Basin in this aerial photograph taken over Crane, Texas. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) Concho Resources’ chief executive is trumpeting his $8 billion acquisition in the Permian shale basin as a “road map” for consolidation in America’s hottest drilling play — the lucrative region that sprawls across [...]
By Ollie Reed Jr. / Journal Staff Writer Low water in the Rio Grande just south of Bridge Boulevard is one indication of the drought gripping New Mexico. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) What you see is what you get when it comes to New Mexico’s mountain snowpacks, and there’s not much to see. In some cases, [...]
Interior promised not to interfere with agency science. A long-awaited report shows otherwise. Elizabeth Shogren ANALYSISApril 2, 2018 This story was originally published by Reveal, and is republished here with permission. National Park Service officials have deleted every mention of humans’ role in causing climate change in drafts of a long-awaited report on sea level rise and [...]
ALBUQUERQUE – As the sun set yesterday evening, passersby were able to make out an image projected onto the building at 300 San Mateo, at the corner of San Mateo and Central, a private building that leases office space to several state departments, including the New Mexico State Taxation and Revenue Department. The image prominently featured [...]
By Sophie Quinton Skiers ride the chairlift at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Water scarcity and new research are spurring ski resorts, water districts and states across the West to invest in “cloud seeding,” a technology that aims to increase natural snowfall. Chelsea Self/Glenwood Springs Post Independent via AP CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Machines [...]
Ellen M. Gilmer Chaco Canyon is home to ancient tribal artifacts, while the surrounding area includes oil and gas wells, ranches, and Navajo communities. A federal court has rejected environmental claims against oil and gas development around the revered Chaco Canyon area of New Mexico. But the court agreed with critics that federal officials violated [...]
By KEITH SCHNEIDER A pumpjack sits on the outskirts of town at dawn in January 2016 in the Permian Basin oil field near Midland, Texas. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Massive oil drilling rigs stretch across the horizon here like giant carnival rides — 85 in all, lighting the night sky across two counties that [...]
By Laura Paskus The tony neighborhoods tucked into the juniper-dotted grasslands on the east side of the Sandia Mountains represent yet another battleground in New Mexico’s water wars, one in which the state’s top water official has abandoned one side for the other.Last week, testimony ended in a trial over whether a private company can [...]
by John R. Moses Agency still unable to report how many permits are in backlog (Photo: Daily Times file photo) FARMINGTON — Federal documents indicate some progress was made during 2017 in the handling of backlogged onshore drilling lease permits on public lands. But hard figures on how many permits are still in the backlog [...]
Being Unprepared: A Scout's Nightmare, a City's Perilous Stupidity What would happen to Albuquerque if the Southwest suffered a double whammy from climate change — rising seas on the West Coast and a mega drought in the Colorado River and Rio Grande Basins? Would we see a migration of the dispossessed from California and the [...]