Competitive Resource Procurement for Electric Utilities SB 360 was introduced yesterday. It will be referred to Senate Conservation and Senate Judiciary. I’m more convinced than ever that an open, competitive and transparent process will yield a cleaner, fairer, cheaper energy mix. It starts with a fair process, which New Mexico does not currently have. When [...]
By Laura Paskus Laura Paskus The Rio Grande in the Mesilla Valley, NM Attorneys for the states of New Mexico and Texas learned yesterday that a lawsuit over the waters of the Rio Grande will head to the U.S. Supreme Court. For New Mexico, a lot is at stake. Though Texas also named Colorado in the [...]
BY MORGAN LEE SANTA FE, N.M. The New Mexico Legislature will consider increasing by more than four-fold the amount of renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar that utilities would have to provide their customers by the year 2040. Two Democratic lawmakers announced bills Wednesday that would gradually increase the share of renewable [...]
About SB312: If passed, SB-312 (link) will increase New Mexico’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) up to 80% by 2040, requiring companies like PNM to produce more electricity every year from renewable sources like wind and solar. Sen. Mimi Stewart and Rep. Nathan Small are our sponsors. This would dramatically increase the current RPS that maxes [...]
Latino communities in New Mexico and elsewhere face a higher risk of cancer and are more likely to be impacted by childhood asthma attacks than other segments of the U.S. population. This is because more than 1.81 million Latinos live within half a mile of methane and toxic pollutants emitted from oil and gas wells, [...]
By ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON — The document carried the title “A Roadmap to Repeal,” a concise list of Obama administration environmental regulations that a Koch brothers-backed group was pressing President Trump and Congress to quickly reverse after Inauguration Day. It was a tally of rules that energy industry executives and lobbyists had waged a futile [...]
Several environmental groups were present at today's meeting, posting signs opposing oil and gas development in the Chaco area SHIPROCK — A public scoping meeting presented at the Shiprock Chapter house today by local officials of the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs to address oil and gas development drew a large crowd [...]
BY FRANCES MADESON SPECIAL TO THE TIMES SANTA FE — Burning gas, losing sleep and risking disrespect, Navajo citizens and Diné representatives from the Sierra Club, San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity, Diné CARE, and other organizations concerned about the adverse impacts of continued fracking in the San Juan basin descended upon a Jan. 19 [...]
By Rebecca Moss The New Mexican Gov. Susana Martinez is backing an effort by congressional Republicans to overturn a federal regulation meant to curb air and environmental pollution by limiting methane waste on public lands, saying the rule to reduce emissions of the gas threatens jobs and public funding of schools and roads. Under the [...]
Conservation in the West Poll CONTACT: BRENDAN.BOEPPLE@COLORADOCOLLEGE.EDU Support for public land protections, improved recreation access and renewable energy investments remain high in Mountain West as leadership changes hands in Washington COLORADO SPRINGS—Mountain West voters weighed in on the Trump Administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of national public lands in a new Colorado [...]