By Rebecca Moss "The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that several parcels of land intended for oil and gas drilling in northwestern New Mexico will no longer be put up for bid at a leasing auction in October. The leases in question collectively span 2,122 acres in the Farmington and Greater Chaco Canyon region, [...]
By Ray Powell / Democrat, Former N.M. Land Commissioner "The San Juan Basin is one of the most heavily developed energy fields in the Intermountain West. While the downturn in oil and natural gas prices has hit hard, there is a simple way we can boost energy and tax revenue – cut natural gas waste [...]
In a bid to protect New Mexico's water, air and climate, last month a national coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's plan to allow fracking in the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service auctioned more than 20,000 acres of [...]
"New Mexico is the sixth-fastest-warming state in the country, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Clean Power Plan (CPP) is the Obama administration's attempt to cut U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases and benefit communities that may be affected by pollution. But with the Supreme Court's February ruling to stay the plan's implementation pending [...]
"Peak oil demand” is the new “peak oil supply” because of climate change and plummeting costs for electric car batteries. It’s increasingly clear that we’re not going to move off of oil because we run out of supply. Rather, we’re going to move off of oil because it is both the economic and moral thing [...]
Water will move through the river to support riparian ecosystem, summer events The City of Santa Fe Water Division (Water Division) will be managing releases of surface water from city reservoirs in support of the Living River Ordinance this summer. “These Santa Fe River spring flows are timed to provide great benefits for the ecosystems [...]
ALBUQUERQUE — "Leaders in New Mexico’s largest city have put off a decision on whether to join dozens of other communities that have set goals to get more of their electricity from renewable resources, a movement that has swept cities from the U.S. and Canada to Germany. The Albuquerque City Council voted during an hours-long [...]
By BRADLEY OLSON and SARAH KENT "CEO John Watson’s stance sets him apart from oil counterparts amid pressure from environmentalists, investors SAN RAMON, Calif. – Chevron Corp. Chief Executive John Watson has a blunt message for investors, climate activists and anyone else listening: Fossil fuels aren’t going away. But this stance increasingly sets him [...]
By JOHN SCHWARTZ "The activists who have painted a bright target on the back of Exxon Mobil have “colluded to push politically motivated investigations of climate dissent,” and conducted a “real-life RICO-type conspiracy.” So say defenders of the energy company, who in recent weeks have tried to flip the script on the activists whose [...]
There's more at stake in New Mexico on June 7 than just the presidential race. Issues like coyote-killing contests, renewable-energy requirements, trapping on public lands and the Gila River diversion all hinge on the officials we elect at the county and state level. Our chapter makes local endorsements each election cycle because these elected officials [...]