Oil boom feeds NM budget; environmental agencies left wanting
In recent years, legislators have declined to put the excess cash brought in during oil booms toward enforcing environmental regulations.
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In recent years, legislators have declined to put the excess cash brought in during oil booms toward enforcing environmental regulations.
Lawmakers decline to give needed funds for regulating oil and gas pollution
Thirty-day sessions, which are held every other year in Santa Fe, are designed to produce a budget for the State of New Mexico.
Four-week lawmaking sessions are held in Santa Fe every other year, allowing legislators to focus on budgetary issues and few policy changes.
While a variety of energy and environment bills were introduced during the Legislative session, few managed to make it to the governor’s desk. The Green Amendment, which would have allowed voters to decide if the state’s Constitution’s Bill of Rights should be amended to include environmental rights, was tabled in the House Judiciary Committee and […]