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Methane rules up for debate as drilling booms in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants New Mexico to craft its own rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas development as the rollback of federal regulations remains tangle...

DATE: Jun 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Endangered Mexican wolves blamed for livestock deaths

Deadly year for livestock increases friction between ranchers, wildlife managers

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Group raises concerns over New Mexico’s landmark energy law

ALBUQUERQUE Proponents of New Mexico’s energy industry say emails exchanged among environmentalists and a key member of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Cabinet represent a conflict of interes...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico forest restoration faces challenge

ALBUQUERQUE – A proposed effort to restore a wide swath of national forest land in southern New Mexico over the next decade or two is drawing fire from environmentalists who say the U.S. gov...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Push renewed to elevate White Sands to national park status

ALBUQUERQUE – The push to elevate a vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in New Mexico to national park status was renewed Tuesday as members of the state’s congressional delegation rei...

DATE: Mar 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico nets record revenues from oil production

ALBUQUERQUE – A surge in oil production has resulted in record revenues for state government coffers and public education. But industry officials cautioned Tuesday that regulatory certainty ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

‘It’s bleak’: New Mexico farmers brace for meager water allocations

ALBUQUERQUE – The irrigation canals are all but dry as farmers along the Rio Grande set in for winter, holding out hope that El Niño will develop and save them from what could otherwise be a...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

El Nino teases as Southwest remains in drought

Map shows some improvements along the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Proposal seeks to boost gas well density in New Mexico basin

But commission delays decision until November

DATE: Sep 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Scouting mission begins for proposed Rio Grande Trail

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Hikers have embarked on a 500-mile expedition that will traverse New Mexico. The mission: Chart out the best route and identify what challenges might lay ahead as the sta...

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News