An oil and gas wellhead flares in the Chaco Canyon area in October 2014. Luis Sánchez Saturno/New Mexican file photo Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 11:50 pm | Updated: 11:50 pm, Fri Jan 27, 2017. By Rebecca Moss The New Mexican A group of congressional Republicans is attempting to nullify a federal rule that requires [...]
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by Leigh Black Irvin FARMINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management today went forward with its planned oil and gas lease sale of 843 acres of public land and minerals near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Two bidders successfully purchased the four parcels for a total of $2.9 million, according to state BLM spokeswoman Donna Hummel. She said [...]
As we know, opposition have put the BLM’s natural gas waste at the top of the list for environmental rollbacks in the new Congress. This rule requires companies to capture otherwise wasted natural gas on public land and tribal lands. We expect both the House and the Senate to drop a Congressional Review Act attack [...]
By Rebecca Moss Chaco Canyon National Historic Park has particular significance for Native communities. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday auctioned oil and gas drilling rights to 843 acres in the region. Despite protests from Native Americans, environmentalists and others, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday auctioned oil and gas drilling [...]
Methane Leak Rules Ineligible for Congressional Challenge Posted January 25, 2017, 12:39 P.M. ET By David Schultz Congress has missed its opportunity to kill the EPA’s new regulations on methane leaks from oil and gas wells, according to a Republican lawmaker. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) had attempted to nullify the regulations by introducing a resolution (H.J.Res. [...]
Cannon Ball, N.D.—The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said today that President Donald Trump’s executive action towards an approval of an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline risks contaminating tribal and American water supplies while disregarding treaty rights. The Trump administration’s politically motivated decision violates the law and the Tribe will take legal action to fight [...]
By Frances Madeson SANTA FE — Counselor Chapter President Harry Domingo and Ojo Encino Chapter President George Werito, Jr. set out from Eastern Navajo before dawn Tuesday for a 9 a.m. meeting with BLM State Director Amy Leuders in Santa Fe. The face-to-face meeting with the official who possesses the authority to permanently cancel the [...]
by Laura Paskus Turning off I-25, south of Truth or Consequences, drivers head west through long, open stretches of creosote bush and honey mesquite. On stormy days the scent of rain on that Chihuahuan desert scrub sneaks its way into cars and trucks, even through closed windows. It’s only a 30-minute drive from the interstate [...]
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) urged their fellow senators to oppose efforts in Congress that would allow the unnecessary waste of natural gas at oil and gas facilities on federal and Indian lands. Calling for fiscal responsibility with taxpayer resources, and for attention to public [...]