In candid interview, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association leader says the industry is good for the state’s economy … and environment.
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main uncovered some of these business dealings.
As the legislative session opens, lawmakers again will weigh a pledge to reduce emissions. Last year, two Democrats joined the GOP to sink it.
Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
One of the prohibited substances can cause cancer; new state law forced operators to identify chemicals.
Gov. Lujan Grisham appears to push commission to overturn its recent ruling barring the use of produced water outside the oilfield.
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.
An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second largest drilling basin.
Climate policies could lead to future refinery closures as Californians transition to electric vehicles.
Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president’s energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”
Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor.
Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up.
Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.”
After climate-driven L.A. fires, “rancid” politics and fear of job loss, gas prices, slows momentum to confront industry.
State inspectors find site abandoned, raising concerns about pollution from unplugged wells across Appalachia.
Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline “shaming.”
Sixty days and 1,182 bills later, state legislators take a pass on oil and gas reforms.
Fracking operation is among more than 600 controversial projects the president wants to expedite to combat the nation’s ‘energy emergency’