Chapter Presidents meet with BLM State Director, hundreds Rally, and tens of thousands call to cancel oil and gas lease sale SANTA FE, NM — While four Navajo Nation chapter Presidents, impacted community members, and one NM State Representative were inside New Mexico Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices today, a rally of over 150 [...]
From the Sierra Club - Good news (for now) -- the court denied the attempt by industry/Montana/Wyoming/North Dakota to enjoin the BLM methane rule: Under the [Mineral Leasing Act], Congress has vested the Secretary with the authority to prescribe rules for the prevention of undue waste of mineral resources. Having done so, at this stage [...]
Current issue has great article highlighting the environmental/climate risks we face, in New Mexico. "The New Mexico Environmental Law Center's Top Ten Environmental Issues to Watch in 2017"
The Blackfeet Tribe fought for this decision for more than 30 years. This morning, as John Murray drove north from his home on the Badger-Two Medicine River to his job as the historic preservation officer for the Blackfeet Tribe, the mountains glowed red. His wife, who drove with him, commented on their beauty. Murray, 69, [...]
Mining sinkhole leaks radioactive water into FL aquifer; Now seeking discharge permit over NM aquifer One day after the state’s Environment Department announced that Mosaic mining company was seeking a permit to discharge 7,500,000 gallons of mining waste water into the ground in Eddy County, the company noticed that it was missing millions of gallons [...]
The New York Times SCIENCE BY DEGREES Weak Federal Powers Could Limit Trump’s Climate-Policy Rollback Justin Gillis JAN. 2, 2017 With Donald J. Trump about to take control of the White House, it would seem a dark time for the renewable energy industry. After all, Mr. Trump has mocked the science of global warming as [...]
by Leigh Black Irvin FARMINGTON — Navajo Nation officials and residents will travel to Santa Fe next week to meet with the Bureau of Land Management's state director in hopes of persuading her to delay or cancel a planned oil and gas lease auction for land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. An online sale scheduled for Jan. 25 would auction off [...]
Urgent: Illegal Attempt to Remove Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commissioner, Jo Anne Roake (Corrales). Appointment of Joanne Roake to P and Z. One of Sandoval County Commissioner Nora Scherzinger’slast acts was to appoint Jo Anne Roake to the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission. On October 6, 2016, Jo Anne was unanimously accepted by the commission to replace Corrales resident Sam Thompson, [...]
posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:00 pm | Updated: 1:16 pm, Mon Dec 12, 2016. By Noah Long Gov. Susana Martinez’s economic and environmental agenda has failed. The electorate recognized that failure this year and elected Democratic majorities in both the state House and Senate. Now it’s up to Democrats to send Gov. Martinez bills [...]
Under the 44th president, the West re-examined its relationship to energy and the climate. Eight years ago, President-elect Barack Obama wanted Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be his Interior secretary. David Hayes, who was leading Obama’s transition team for Interior and other agencies, remembers trekking to Salazar’s office on Capitol Hill at least twice to [...]