"On April 23, the Navajo Nation broke ground on its first utility-scale solar-energy production plant. Deenise Biscenti, public affairs director for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), says that the solar farm is the tribe's first move in a long-term strategy to establish a green economy. The Navajo Nation has not previously generated its own [...]

The lawsuit claimed that opponents didn't get a fair hearing because, two days before the hearing started, County Commissioner Art De La Cruz published an op-ed piece in the Albuquerque Journal saying he supported the project. Lawsuit Challenging Santolina Can Move Forward BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI "A state District Court Judge has ruled that opponents of [...]

Regarding the BLM proposed new rules for capturing methane, you (SFNM 4.21.16) reported Aubrey Dunn, NM Land Commissioner said, “the regulations are unnecessary and financially detrimental.” He is also quoted as saying the proposed new rule is “federal overreach and intrusion into state affairs that would result in undue environmental burden.” I strenuously disagree with [...]

"A new study by the Conservation Economics Institute has found that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed methane waste rule will have a net positive impact on oil and gas production and revenue in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. An analysis of more than 8,700 low-producing natural gas wells in two counties in the [...]

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"Throughout late March and into April, much of the West experienced unseasonably warm days. Then, in late April, temperatures plummeted in Southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains and more than 2 feet of wet, heavy spring snow fell. Suddenly, ski boots were out again and for a day or two, it felt like winter was back. [...]

The Sale Notice for NM BLM’s July 2016 Oil and Gas Lease Sale is now available. According to the sale notice, NM BLM is proposing to offer 36 parcels / 13876.08 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office. *Protests on the sale parcels are due May 20, 2016.* The Sale Notice is available here: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/lease_sale_notices/2016_lease_sales/july_2016_lease_sale.html .

Here at CVNM, each election is an opportunity to move forward in addressing New Mexico’s legacy pollution issues and to support clean air, water and land in all of our communities. In order to pass strong laws that protect New Mexicans from drinking contaminated water or breathing polluted air, we need to work to elect [...]

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"So much methane gas is now bubbling up through the Condamine River in Queensland, Australia that it exploded with fire and held a large flame. Gas seeping into the river began shortly after coal seam gas operations started nearby and is growing in volume and the stretch of river affected is expanding in length. Jeremy [...]