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N.M. regulators report drop in methane emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico have dropped by more than 50 percent over the past year thanks to advances in technology and changes in the ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Endangered wolf killed after livestock attacks

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of catt...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico Democrats push feds to limit drilling near Chaco

Delegation wants 10-mile buffer zone preserved

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Multibillion-dollar contract for Los Alamos lab up for bid

Criticism of safety record intensifies as plutonium pit production resumes

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Guidelines developed for drilling near Chaco Canyon

Planning area encompasses 6,500 square miles in northwest New Mexico

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico hit by ‘flash drought’ weather phenomenon

ALBUQUERQUE – Across New Mexico, unusually warm March weather and virtually no rain for a month prompted dust storms that closed highways, warnings for some to stay inside and rapid mountain...

DATE: Apr 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico attorney general dissatisfied with mine spill response

Attorney general says state’s requests disregarded

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Feds propose wolf releases in southwestern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE — Federal wildlife managers want to release two packs of Mexican gray wolves in wilderness areas near the Arizona-New Mexico border this year in an effort to bolster a struggling...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds seek to dismiss New Mexico’s claims over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department are asking a federal judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation that stem from the 2015 Gold King Mine waste ...

DATE: Feb 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Ancient Chaco Canyon inhabitants relied on imported food

Dry, salty conditions prevented agriculture

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S., Mexico wildlife officials draft jaguar recovery plan

ALBUQUERQUE – A team of wildlife officials in the United States and Mexico on Monday released details of a proposed recovery plan for the endangered jaguar, prompting criticism from environm...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court to settle dispute over N.M. pollution rules

Environmentalists fears water contamination

DATE: Oct 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business