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Days before President Joe Biden planned to host an international Climate Change Summit, and was expected to renew the U.S.’ goals to mitigate pollution, New Mexico environmental groups joined a national coalition in urging the administration to aim to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas by 65 percent from 2012 levels by 2025. Biden invited at least 40 world leaders to the summit planned for Thursday and Friday, and many expected he would call for the U.S. to target a 50 percent reductio...

New Mexico joins climate change conversation ahead of Bidens pollution summit Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus Replay Video UP NEXT Days before President Joe Biden planned to host an international Climate Change Summit, and was expected to renew the U.S.’ goals to mitigate pollution, New Mexico environmental groups joined a national coalition in urging the administration to aim to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas by 65 percent from 2012 levels by 2025. © Evan ...

U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM), New Mexico’s only Republican in Congress, continued in the charge against energy policies enacted by President Joe Biden’s administration which Herrell said threatened her home state more than most in the U.S. Herrell joined a forum held Friday by Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources which pointed to purported negative impacts of Biden’s policies on state economies and America’s oil and gas industry. Upon taking office, Bid...

U.S. Rep Yvette Herrell calls for New Mexico to oppose Bidens oil and gas policies Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus Replay Video UP NEXT U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM), New Mexico’s only Republican in Congress, continued in the charge against energy policies enacted by President Joe Biden’s administration which Herrell said threatened her home state more than most in the U.S. Herrell joined a forum held Friday by Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natur...

The order also rolls back some changes to the National Environmental Policy Act that went into effect last September under the Trump administration,  and prioritizes study of the social costs of greenhouse gases, or “estimates in dollars of the long-term damages done by [greenhouse gases] in a given year.” Order No. 3398 is more technical. It negates a number of “energy dominance” actions taken under the Trump administration that expanded oil and gas development on public lands.  Ha...

US Interior secretary revokes Trump-era energy policies to aid renewables transition Email The Interior Secretary revoked a string of Trump-era policies that sought to increase the deployment of fossil fuel power plants on public land. Image: Department of Interior. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has established a new Climate Task Force to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy generation across the country and revoked several Trump administration policies promo...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a dozen of the Trump administration’s secretarial orders that prioritized energy development on federal lands. Haaland signed a secretarial order revoking the past orders and also signed a secretarial order establishing a Climate Task Force that will seek to advance renewable energy development and prioritize climate change in the department’s decision-making processes. Haaland said in a statement the pai...

Haaland seeks to bolster environmental law targeted by Trump Rachel Frazin © Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images deb haaland secretary of the interior native american women first history joe biden administration cabinet senate us confirmation laguna pueblo congress Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday issued an order aimed at bolstering implementation of a key environmental law, seeking to work around rollbacks from the former Trump administration. Haalands order states that In...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a dozen of the Trump administration’s secretarial orders that prioritized energy development on federal lands. Haaland signed a secretarial order revoking the past orders and also signed a secretarial order establishing a Climate Task Force that will seek to advance renewable energy development and prioritize climate change in the department’s decision-making processes. Haaland said in a statement the pai...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland took sweeping action Friday to "prioritize action on climate change," including reinstating the ban on federal coal leasing that was part of the Obama administration's contentious "war on coal."