March 20, 2019/in Water News, WEF /by Brett Walton State lawmakers pass bill to facilitate reusing salty water from the oil fields. A drilling rig explores for oil in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin, one of the most productive sources of shale oil in the United States. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue By Brett Walton,Circle of [...]
Alexandra Merlino and Johann Klaassen, Guest Editorial New Mexico has a real and growing problem with methane waste from oil and gas production that Governor Lujan Grisham is right to address. Leaks, venting and flaring from the tens of thousands of wells across New Mexico and in the Farmington area amount to hundreds of millions [...]
If you are having trouble viewing this email, click here to view it online. How plastic is wreaking havoc on your health TEDX's Executive Director, Dr. Carol Kwiatkowski was recently featured on the podcast, The Genius Lifewith Max Lugavere. She talks about how endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can have major implications for your health. Learn the unexpected places these chemicals show [...]
Published on Thursday, February 28, 2019 by Common Dreams By Julia Adeney Thomas “Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,” nor can it covered by “environmental problems.” Bigger and more shocking, the Anthropocene encapsulates the [...]
An investigation shows the impact toxic chemicals are having on the community of Clovis. This article was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is reproduced here with permission. Read the original article here. For months, Clovis, New Mexico, dairy farmer Art Schaap has been watching his life go down the drain. Instead of selling milk, he is [...]
The Daily Times staff Published Lawrence Heller of Acme Equities LLC, left, and Farmington City Manager Rob Mayes, right, sign an agreement that will allow Farmington to keep the San Juan Generating Station open after 2022. (Photo11: City of Farmington) FARMINGTON — The City of Farmington announced tonight it has signed an agreement with Acme Equities LLC [...]
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A bill to allow the state Oil Conservation Division to directly impose penalties on oil and gas violators passed its first legislative hurdle Thursday morning with a 6-3 “do-pass” vote in the Senate Conservation Committee. The bill, which moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee, passed on a party-line vote, [...]
When newly elected Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham set out on the campaign trail, one of her promises to the citizens of New Mexico was to begin to hold the oil and gas industry across the state accountable for its contributions to air pollution and climate change. Less than a month into her administration and the [...]
Oil Spill Shuts TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline in Same County Where 'Paper-thin' Pipe Found in 2012 By Sharon Kelly (6 min. read) On Wednesday, February 6, an oil spill in St. Charles County, Missouri, caused the shutdown of two major oil pipelines, one owned by Enbridge and the other by TransCanada, as investigators began searching for the [...]
By Andrew Oxford, Santa Fe New Mexican A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans at the Legislature on Friday to quash a bill that would have allowed the state to charge higher royalty rates on some oil and gas production. The first committee hearing for House Bill 398 turned into a showdown between New Mexico’s influential [...]