Ten years of meetings and plans abruptly dumped; future plans uncertain.
New bills could curb industry excesses; enforcement agencies offered small increases.
The company at the center of the settlement is called a “poster child” for state Oil and Gas Act reforms.
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.
New Mexico is one of 10 states that have created or expanded child tax credits after Congress let a federal program expire.
Meanwhile, report after report shows greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise in New Mexico.
The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.
Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.
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.
Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.
Changes at the New Mexico Environment Department could increase future prosecutions.
A tour of the Permian Basin highlights weak enforcement by state and federal agencies.
Lawmakers complain of last-second changes and a lack of transparency surrounding the reappropriation of $50 million in funding.
The Advanced Technology Energy Act was killed over the weekend following objections from tribal leaders.
The Advanced Energy Technology Act clearly echoes last year’s quartet of failed hydrogen bills that promoted public-private partnerships.
Missed cues grow Native distrust around a New Mexico research project on oil well wastewater.
Questions over whether cold weather in New Mexico an ’emergency.’
Proposed legislation would dramatically change New Mexico’s principal oil and gas law.