Global warming may have turned an already historic dry spell into the third-worst drought of the past 1,000 years. ROBINSON MEYERDEC 18, 2018 The current western drought has caused a huge increase in the land area burned by wildfires, such as this one in Fallbrook, California, in 2014.SANDY HUFFAKER / REUTERS Every so often, the [...]
By John L. Smith, Searchlight New Mexico LOVINGTON—The 61-mile drive on US 82 from Artesia to this southeast New Mexico town crosses the heart of the Permian Basin oil field’s extension into the state. Pump rigs bob like great iron dinosaurs come to life, and the smell of petroleum fills the air. Flare pipes burn off [...]
UK activist group using climate talks in Poland this week to widen 35-country network Jonathan Watts in Katowice Extinction Rebellion activists at a sit-in on Westminster Bridge in November to demand urgent action on the environment. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Barcroft Images The Extinction Rebellion climate protest group has expanded to 35 countries and is building towards a [...]
Evidence and warnings in the National Climate Assessment are a high-stakes problem for Trump's fossil fuel-friendly agenda, both in politics and in court. BY MARIANNE LAVELLE "I don't believe it," President Donald Trump told reporters on Nov. 26 when asked about the National Climate Assessment's finding that global warming is causing ongoing and lasting economic damage. [...]
Climate change will impact economy, infrastructure and more. Laura Paskus NEWSNov. 26, 2018 This article was originally published by NM Political Report and is reproduced here with permission. Read the original article here. Climate change is here. It’s human-caused. And it’s going to deliver a blow to American prosperity. Already hard-hit by drought, wildfires and declining water supplies, the southwestern [...]
President Trump arrives at a campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun at the County War Memorial Coliseum on November 5, 2018, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.AARON P. BERNSTEIN / GETTY IMAGES BY C.J. Polychroniou, The US midterm elections of November 6, 2018, produced a divided Congress and essentially reaffirmed the existence of two nations in [...]
By Susan Montoya Bryan | Associated Press A continuous miner at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. Operations at the federal government’s nuclear waste repository resumed Friday as managers acknowledged there was radioactive waste in the area where a portion of the underground facility’s ceiling collapsed earlier this week. Associated Press File Photo ALBUQUERQUE [...]
By Steve Terrell | sterrell@sfnewmexican.com Elena Ortiz of Red Nation leads protesters Friday outside Hotel Santa Fe. About two dozen members of Red Nation and allied environmentalists demonstrated against ‘produced water.’ Jason Stilgebouer/The New Mexican Demonstrators gather Friday outside Hotel Santa Fe, where a ‘produced water’ conference was taking place. Jason Stilgebouer/The New Mexican Chanting [...]
by Robin Zielinski/The Center for Public Integrity Wayne Smith (foreground) and business partner J.W. Todd have objected to the way the federal government manages oil production on public land that ranchers also lease in southeastern New Mexico. CARLSBAD, N.M. — Wayne Smith was hardened to a certain level of chaos here, on land the American [...]
By Laura Paskus Drilling wastewater ponds near Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of New Mexico released a draft report on Friday about the possibility of someday reusing or recycling wastewater from the oil and gas industry. According to the draft white paper compiled by the EPA and three state [...]