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The Audubon Society highlighted the SunZia Transmission Project as an example of building transmission while taking steps to protect birds in a new report released Tuesday. The report focuses on the need to expand transmission to allow for more renewable energy. This is important because clean energy sources like wind and solar can help reduce […]
New Mexico will receive $1.1 million in federal funding for pipeline safety. The grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a part of $64.4 million of funding the agency has made available nationwide to help states ensure underground pipelines and natural gas storage operations are safely operating. “These […]
When crews battle wildfires on public lands such as national forests, the fire departments often have agreements with the federal government intended to reimburse their expenses. But this often does not occur in a timely manner. U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, introduced legislation last week to change that. “It’s our local firefighters that […]
The U.S. Senate passed legislation to expand and extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which could make New Mexico downwinders and uranium mine workers who were employed after 1971 eligible for compensation if they develop radiation-related health impacts. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, now heads to the U.S. House of […]
U.S. House Republicans voted to strip protections from the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bats on Wednesday. The House of Representatives voted 217-206 in favor of three items, including two joint resolutions stripping protections from the endangered and threatened species. Two Republicans crossed party lines and voted with the Democrats against the measures. […]