Repeal of BLM methane rule will pass Senate — Barrasso – E&E Daily, 4.27.17

  Kellie Lunney and Geof Koss, E&E News reporters Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) vows that the Senate will pass a bill killing BLM's methane regulations next week. Photo courtesy of C-SPAN. Will Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote next week to pass a Senate resolution repealing a controversial [...]

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Time to wean off oil, gas – Albuquerque Journal, 4.21.17

Letter to the Editor THERE ARE SO many issues that could be addressed in …Doug Turner’s sarcastic and misleading (April 3) op-ed, “‘Keep it in the ground’ movement naïve to realities,” but I’d like to address just a few. First: Chaco Canyon. Drilling and fracking anywhere and, in particular, just outside of and on the [...]

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Four climate change myths, debunked – DW, 4.21.17

Some people are skeptical that human activity is driving global warming. We take a look at the most common arguments used by climate deniers, and set the record straight. Despite a 97 percent scientific consenus on the issue, some still dispute the idea that human activity is causing climate change. With this year's Earth Day [...]

By |2017-04-26T17:06:59-06:00April 26th, 2017|News|0 Comments

LOGOS Resources is drilling into the future – Farmington Daily News, 4.22.17

The four wells will be drilled near Nageezi, in the Gallup formation (Photo: Courtesy Jay Paul McWilliams) STORY HIGHLIGHTS ArcLight Capital Partners has provided $150 million to support LOGOS' operations Aztec Well Servicing will be providing well services for the four drilling projects LOGOS President Jay Paul McWilliams predicts the San Juan Basin will enjoy [...]

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Marching for science feels good, but does it do any good? – High Country News, 4.21.17

by Auden Schendler If you parade several hundred thousand people through New York and coordinate simultaneous marches globally, the truth is … it might not matter all that much. Such was the lesson of the 2014 climate march in New York City, and probably of the Jan. 21 women’s marches, exhilarating as they were. It’s [...]

By |2017-04-25T14:12:09-06:00April 25th, 2017|News|0 Comments

EPA delays new rules on methane emissions – Journal Washington Bureau, 4.22.17

by Michael Coleman WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will postpone for 90 days regulations imposed by former President Barack Obama to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells. The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, which protested the so-called methane rule when it was announced last year, cheered the [...]

By |2017-04-22T17:54:56-06:00April 22nd, 2017|News|0 Comments

Albuquerque is a ‘solar star’ among US cities – Albuquerque Business First, 4.19.17

Albuquerque is among the top 10 U.S. cities in installed solar capacity, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center, which surveyed 66 cities nationwide. The “Shining Cities” report ranked Albuquerque as the 9th top solar-powered city in the U.S., beating out Las Vegas, Nevada, and San Francisco for the [...]

By |2017-04-20T15:48:04-06:00April 20th, 2017|News|0 Comments

Oil, gas giants spend $13 billion to buy assets in New Mexico – Santa Fe New Mexican, 4.19.17

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE — As New Mexico’s elected leaders wrangle over raising taxes to plug a budget shortfall, major multinational energy companies have quietly spent more than $13 billion in recent months on assets in the state’s oil and gas hot spots. The new wave of investment bodes well for the industry being able to [...]

By |2017-04-19T11:03:57-06:00April 19th, 2017|News|0 Comments
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