By Maddy Hayden / Journal Staff Writer Mayor Tim Keller, joined by environmental activists and others, discusses efforts to address climate change at a Thursday news conference at the Open Space Visitor Center on the city’s West Side. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Donald Trump announced in June the United States would pull out [...]
Blog Post Yale opinion maps shift the climate change narrative By Stephanie Sides We often make assumptions about what other people think. For example, the climate change narrative commonly has it that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe in the reality of climate change and the need to address it. Another common view [...]
By Alex Formuzis Federal regulators' rejection Monday of the White House's scheme to prop up the coal and nuclear power industries is a big win for electricity customers and renewable energy, said Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a petition by Energy Sec. Rick Perry to require the use of electricity from coal [...]
Climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler explains a point at his office at The University of New Mexico. Climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler has been teaching at The University of New Mexico for the past two decades. Rebecca Moss/The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — When the trees are bare, climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler [...]
WildEarth Guardians Challenges Trump and Zinke’s Plans to Frack Chaco Canyon 4,400 Acres of Greater Chaco Slated for Drilling Despite Indigenous Demands For more information: Rebecca Sobel, WildEarth Guardians, (267) 402-0724, rsobel@wildearthguardians.org Becca Fischer, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 698-1489, rfischer@wildearthguardians.org Santa Fe, NM – Today WildEarth Guardians challenged the Administration’s plans to lease an additional 4,400 [...]
Air Quality Bureau Permits Bulletin The Air Quality Bureau is pleased to announce the publication of a revised DRAFT of the GCP-Oil & Gas permit for oil and gas facilities. We seek your comments in an effort to improve this permit. This draft permit has been revised to include new modeling analysis and results [...]
2015 rule intended to protect groundwater from oil and gas extraction companies contamination December 29, 2017 As posted in the Federal Register, the Trump administration has rescinded the 2015 rule meant to standardize safety and environmental regulations on all federal lands where oil and gas extraction production takes place. The need for standardized regulations is readily apparent. [...]
By Isabel Mogstad / Published: December 27, 2017 We hope our leaders have the public’s best interest in mind. Unfortunately, instead of using sound science, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be making decisions based on the influence of the worst actors in the oil and gas industry. Although in his recent Congressional testimony he said the outcome of his proposal to suspend [...]
By Bruce Melton The Thomas Fire, viewed from Via Real, just east of Lambert Road and the Bella Vista Polo Club, in Summerland, California, on December 11, 2017. (Photo: Doc Searls) How many more billions of dollars in damages will it take? How many more lives? It's obvious; all the climate extremes we have been experiencing lately [...]
Climate change initiatives were the most targeted by the Trump administration. Elizabeth Shogren NEWSDec. 28, 2017 President Donald Trump has spent the past year steadily undoing Obama-era environmental protections, especially rules designed to fight climate change. By law, agencies must go through a lengthy process to rescind or rewrite many rules, but executive orders and other policies [...]