Two “ecomodernists” argue that continued progress in science and other realms will help us overcome environmental problems By John Horgan Credit: redmal Getty Images I work hard to maintain my optimistic outlook. Wishful thinking works. The first step toward building a more healthy, peaceful, just world is to believe we can do it. So how do I deal [...]
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New Mexico communities are latest to feel the cost of “energy dominance” Photo: Sara Rose Tannenbaum This is the second installment of the Center for Western Priorities’ “Postcards from the West” blog series, featuring place-based about public lands in the West. Leases to drill near New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon — the epicenter of one of the great [...]
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by ARTURO HERRERA By Llewellyn King — Electricity is the sexiest thing you can’t see. It’s the tie that binds modern society together; makes life comfortable, even livable; and keeps everything humming, from computers to production lines. Without it civil disorder and a swift descent into hard-to-imagine chaos. Just look at Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, then [...]
By Marie C. Baca / Journal Staff Writer Methane, the main component of natural gas that is often leaked by oil and gas drilling operations, is the source of about $200 million in lost gas revenue for New Mexico energy companies. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Scientists say methane pollution poses a public health risk [...]
Government should shorten permitting process, secretary says By David Koenig AP Business Writer U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke walks through the Western Conservation and Hunting Expo in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9. Zinke said Tuesday that his agency should be a partner with energy companies that seek to drill for oil and gas on public land. [...]
By Laura Paskus This weekend’s warm and windy conditions were good for hiking or kite-flying. But they were tough on a river everyone is already expecting to be low on runoff this spring and summer. According to the National Water and Climate Center’s forecast for the Rio Grande Basin, the water supply outlook for spring and [...]
A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta mine on the Navajo Nation in this 2012 photo. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will help bring back mining jobs, but critics say market forces will hold back those jobs. Photo courtesy of Peabody Energy To the editor: There [...]
Indigenous activists try to quell a rising tide of oil and gas exploration in Chaco Canyon. Editor’s note: On March 1, the Interior Department canceled the sale of oil and gas leases that would have impacted the Chaco Canyon area. The department received 120 protests of the sale, before it was cancelled. This story explores the fight [...]