Sierra Club statement on Gov. Lujan Grisham's proposed budget - In response New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's release of her state budget recommendation today, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Chair David Coss issued the following statement: "By increasing funding for the Environment Department and Oil Conservation Division and allocating funding to the Office of [...]
by Laura Paskus On Monday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced more executive appointments, including James Kenney as Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department. The next day, Kenney sat down with NM Political Report to talk about his vision for the agency. Though he hadn’t officially started the job yet, the secretary-designate wanted to set a tone [...]
Jan 8, 2019 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin The San Juan Citizens Alliance and Western Environmental Law Center applaud the decision by Gov. Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (NMOCC) to set a new hearing regarding a contentious and rushed Martinez-era rule doubling of the oil and gas drilling [...]
Travel and research by scientists with NASA, NOAA and the EPA is being impacted By Mark K. Matthews Credit: Tasos Katopodis Getty Images The government shutdown might only be a partial one, but not when it comes to federal climate efforts. Among the dozens of agencies and departments shuttered by the shutdown—now in its 14th day—are several shops [...]
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Methane Quick Facts Methane is the primary component of natural gas. When it is leaked, flared or vented by the oil and gas industry, New Mexico loses as much as $244 million worth of natural gas per year and tens of millions more in tax and royalty revenue for our education system. Methane is a powerful [...]
ILLUSTRATION BY LUISA RIVERA/YALE E360 From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires. BY JIM ROBBINS While he was interviewing Inuit elders [...]
A crew member works on a three-wellhead fracking site in Midland, Tex. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle/AP) By Rebecca Beitsch December 8 Fracking requires a huge amount of water, a major concern in dry Western states that otherwise welcome the practice. But New Mexico thinks it can mitigate that problem by pushing oil companies to treat and recycle [...]
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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 [...]