A warming climate — fueled in part by the state’s oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder.
Production, distribution, power generation, carbon capture all in the works: Questions, concerns, confusion abound.
The 1935 Oil and Gas Act outlines oversight of fossil fuel production in the state. It hasn’t been updated in decades.
State hydrogen projects promoted, killed; governor goes to Australian hydrogen conference with oil and gas reps.
Program at San Juan College School of Energy would certify “clean” fossil fuels.
Lawsuit argues the state is not equally upholding environmental protections enshrined in its constitution.
The Advanced Energy Technology Act clearly echoes last year’s quartet of failed hydrogen bills that promoted public-private partnerships.
The state’s majority Democrat Legislature has yet to fully fund enforcement of recently strengthened regulations.
Hoping to land federal infrastructure funds, New Mexico is partnering with other Western states on the proposal.
A look beneath the hood of the Hydrogen Hub Development Act reveals the natural gas industry’s machinations.
While the state is flush with record fossil fuel revenues, key legislators oppose full funding of state agencies that police the industry.
While most producers dramatically increased their reporting, the state’s largest natural gas producer’s numbers haven’t budged.
The unpopular proposal promotes a fuel that may cause more harm to the environment than it’s worth to produce.
The state’s governor needs to sell environmentalists, the fossil fuel sector and the public on the green-ish energy source.
Biden’s ban on new drilling operations on public lands has been blocked for now, but the political battle rages on.